uncountably

adv

Etymology

From uncountable + -ly or un- + countably.

  1. inherited from countable
  2. formed as uncountable — “un- + countable
  3. formed as uncountably — “uncountable + -ly

Definitions

  1. Too many to be counted (either by reason of being infinite or for practical constraints).

    • The stars in the sky are uncountably many. Even a lifetime would not suffice to number them all.
    • And the dimensions of death that can result from such systems tripped in error, or through misperceptions of reality, are uncountably greater than those
    • a host of other producers fear that a vital link to New York's uncountably diverse populations is about to be cut.
  2. In an uncountable fashion.

    • Some nouns can be used both countably and uncountably.
  3. In a way that is incapable of being put into one-to-one correspondence with the natural…

    In a way that is incapable of being put into one-to-one correspondence with the natural numbers or any subset thereof.

    • If a set is neither finite nor countably infinite, it is said to be uncountably infinite or simply uncountable.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for uncountably. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA