Meanings
adjectiveunquantifiable (not comparable)
- not comparableIncapable of being quantified or precisely defined mathematically.
The value of being loved is unquantifiable.
noununquantifiable (plural unquantifiables)
plural unquantifiables
- Something that cannot be quantified.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷ-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷos?
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷoider.?
- Proto-Italic*kʷāntos
- Latinquantus
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Italic*θakos
- Medieval Latinquantificō
- Englishquantify
- Englishquantifiable
- Englishunquantifiable
From un- + quantifiable.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French inquantifiable
- inquantifiableTranslations
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APA
unquantifiable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unquantifiable
MLA
“unquantifiable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unquantifiable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unquantifiable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unquantifiable.
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