uncountable

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ʌnˈkaʊntəbəl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ʌnˈkaʊntəbəl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(un kountə bəl)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
un•count•a•ble /ʌnˈkaʊntəbəl/USA pronunciation   adj. 
    1. larger in number than can easily or possibly be counted:a sky of uncountable stars.
    2. (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
un•count•a•ble  (un kountə bəl),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. not countable;
    incapable of having the total precisely ascertained:uncountable colonies of bacteria; uncountable kindnesses and small favors.
  2. indefinitely large in number;
    infinite:the uncountable days of eternity.
  • 1350–1400; Middle English; see un-1, countable

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
uncountable / ʌnˈkaʊntəbəl/
  1. too many to be counted; innumerable
  2. denoting a noun that does not refer to an isolable object
    See mass noun
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