unmeasured

unmeasured
unmeasurable, adj.unmeasurably, adv.unmeasuredly, adv.
/un mezh"euhrd/, adj.
1. of undetermined or indefinitely great extent or amount; unlimited; measureless: the unmeasured heavens.
2. unrestrained; intemperate: unmeasured rage.
3. Pros. not metrical.
[1350-1400; ME unmesured. See UN-1, MEASURED]
Syn. 1. immense, vast. 2. unstinting, lavish.

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