countless
KOWNT-luhs/ˈkaʊntləs/
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- 2Describes a number so big that you could never finish counting up to it.
The number of leaves in this whole forest is countless.
The kids tried to guess the countless number of raindrops falling in the storm.
Similarinnumerable, incalculable, uncountable
- 3Not able to be counted, usually because there are far too many.
The grains of sand on this beach are countless.
After the big storm, the leaves in our yard seemed countless.
Similaruncountable
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Origin
From the word 'count' plus the ending '-less', meaning 'cannot be counted'.