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uncountably

uncountably adverb: too many to be counted (either by reason of being infinite or for practical constraints).

Adverb

uncountably (not comparable)

  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 those1988 July 6, “Systems Easily Tripped in Error Bring Death in a Lake, Warning Us of...”, in Los Angeles Times
  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 numbers or any subset thereof.
    • If a set is neither finite nor countably infinite, it is said to be uncountably infinite or simply uncountable.2004, Jayant V. Deshpande, Mathematical Analysis And Applications: An Introduction, page 55

Examples of uncountably in a sentence

  • a host of other producers fear that a vital link to New York's uncountably diverse populations is about to be cut.1990 September 20, “Unplugging A Diverse Bit Of Cable TV”, in New York Times:
  • and the sheer quantity of material is uncountably greater2006, Geoffrey Hawthorn, edited by David R. Olson and Michael Cole, Technology, Literacy and the Evolution of Society, Orality in Politics...
  • Stories of road travel in the United States have taken uncountably many forms, from John Steinbeck's "Travels With Charley" and Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" to "Little Miss Sunshine".2007 January 17, “Hippie and redneck show is equal parts insane, inane”, in Boston Globe:

Origin of uncountably

From uncountable + -ly or un- + countably.

Questions about uncountably

What does uncountably mean?
Uncountably means too many to be counted (either by reason of being infinite or for practical constraints).
How do you use uncountably in a sentence?
a host of other producers fear that a vital link to New York's uncountably diverse populations is about to be cut.
What part of speech is uncountably?
Uncountably is an adverb.

Words near uncountably in the dictionary

  1. uncountable nouns
  2. uncountable set
  3. uncountable sets
  4. uncountableness
  5. uncountables
  6. uncountably
  7. uncounted
  8. uncountenanceable
  9. uncountenanced
  10. uncounterable
  11. uncounteracted

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