too many to be counted; innumerable denoting a noun that does not refer to an isolable object
See mass noun
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un•count•a•ble /ʌnˈkaʊntəbəl/USA pronunciation
adj. (of a noun) that cannot be counted:An uncountable noun does not have a plural form because it is thought of as a mass, (like sand, or furniture) or because it is considered abstract, (like courage ).
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- larger in number than can easily or possibly be counted:a sky of uncountable stars.
- In this dictionary, uncountable nouns are called[uncountable]and have the label [uncountable] before them.
un•count•a•ble
(un koun′tə bəl),USA pronunciation adj.
- not countable;
incapable of having the total precisely ascertained:uncountable colonies of bacteria; uncountable kindnesses and small favors. - indefinitely large in number;
infinite:the uncountable days of eternity.
- 1350–1400; Middle English; see un-1, countable
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