adjective
immeasurable
ih-MEZH-ur-uh-bul/ɪˈmeʒərəbl/
Too great to be measured.
The star-filled sky seems immeasurable to the person below.
Etymology
The pieces express “not capable of being measured.” In this sense, the obstacle is sheer extent: something is so great that measurement cannot encompass it.
In context
The economic cost of sleep deprivation is staggering with studies showing billions of dollars lost annually in productivity due to tired workers. More importantly, the human cost is immeasurable. People are struggling. They're exhausted.
More examples
- The loss caused immeasurable grief.
- The project required what felt like immeasurable patience.
- The discovery opened an immeasurable field of possibilities.
Forms
immeasurable · more immeasurable · most immeasurable
immeasurably adverb — to a degree beyond measurement
Similar words
- vast
- Vast means very large; immeasurable suggests beyond practical or meaningful measurement.
- incalculable
- Incalculable stresses inability to calculate; immeasurable can concern extent, value, or emotion.