Meanings
- not comparableimpossible to measure
Give me your hand, and in a few minutes we shall be in my own dwelling, amid those immeasurable deserts where only my story may be communicated.
1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Heath's Book of Beauty, 1833, The Enchantress, pages 12–131 more example
There is also the former Great Central main line which, though it climbs to an almost equal altitude at Dunford, has the immeasurable advantage of electric traction.
1960 March, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 175 - not comparablevast
My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.
2017 July 5, TheReportOfTheWeek, 6:03 from the start, in Popeyes Cheddar Biscuit Butterfly Shrimp - Food Review, via YouTube, archived from the original on 28 Jul 20171 more example
"His contribution has been immeasurable," Bush said in a statement. "I value his judgment, and I treasure his friendship."
2007, Terence Hunt, “Longest-serving Bush aide resigns”, in Associated Press
plural immeasurables
- anything that cannot be measured
And inspiring good relationships is all about immeasurables: it is about inspiring purpose, compassion and attentiveness.
2009 September 29, Madeleine Bunting, “Forget 'clients' and 'users' – public services are about people”, in Guardian
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveimpossible to measure
adjectivebeyond calculation or measure
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishinmesurable
- Englishimmeasurable
From Middle English inmesurable, ynmesurable; equivalent to im- + measurable.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἀμέτρητος
- ἀμέτρητος (amétrētos)impossible to measure
Arabic لَا يُقَاسُ
- لَا يُقَاسُ (lā yuqāsu)impossible to measure
Bulgarian неизмерим, огромен
- неизмерим (neizmerim)impossible to measure
- огромен (ogromen)vast
Catalan immesurable
- immesurableimpossible to measure
Czech neměřitelný, nezměrný
- neměřitelnýimpossible to measure
- nezměrnývast
Esperanto nemezurebla
- nemezureblaimpossible to measure
Finnish mittaamaton
- mittaamatonvast
French incommensurable
- incommensurablevast
German nicht messbar, unmessbar
- nicht messbarimpossible to measure
- unmessbarimpossible to measure
Greek ανυπολόγιστος
- ανυπολόγιστος (anypológistos)impossible to measure
Hindi अपरिमेय
- अपरिमेय (aprimey)impossible to measure
Irish gan teorainn, as cuimse
- gan teorainnimpossible to measure
- as cuimseimpossible to measure
- as miosúrimpossible to measure
Italian enorme, immenso
- enormevast
- immensovast
- incommensurabilevast
Polish niemierzalny, niezmierzony
- niemierzalnyimpossible to measure
- niezmierzonyvast
Portuguese imensurável, imensurável
- imensurávelimpossible to measure
- imensurávelvast
Romanian nemăsurabil, de nemăsurat
- nemăsurabilvast
- de nemăsuratvast
Russian неизмеримый, непомерный
- неизмеримый (neizmerimyj)impossible to measure
- непомерный (nepomernyj)impossible to measure
Spanish inmedible, inmensurable
- inmedibleimpossible to measure
- inmensurableimpossible to measure
Vietnamese vô bờ
- vô bờimpossible to measure
Cite this entry
immeasurable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immeasurable
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