bottomless

adjective

bot·​tom·​less ˈbä-təm-ləs How to pronounce bottomless (audio)
1
: having no bottom
a bottomless chair
2
a
: extremely deep
b
: impossible to comprehend : unfathomable
a bottomless mystery
3
a
[from the absence of lower as well as upper garments] : nude
bottomless dancers
b
: featuring nude entertainers
bottomlessly adverb
bottomlessness noun

Examples of bottomless in a Sentence

the wealthy couple are generous hosts, providing a bottomless supply of food and drink the ocean explorers discovered what appeared to be a bottomless abyss
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Unlike so many of Orange County’s native sons, for example, Bowyer wasn’t raised with access to bottomless funds. David Amsden, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025 However, the same is true of Dubai, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait which are all close to Abu Dhabi, have bottomless budgets and explicit objectives to boost the importance of the leisure sector to their economies. Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025 For example, while experts use chatbots as collaboration tools—riffing on ideas, clarifying intuitions—novices often treat them mistakenly as automation tools, oracles that speak from a bottomless well of knowledge. David Autor, The Atlantic, 24 Aug. 2025 During a busy morning rush, Gallant and Norman wander the dining room refilling bottomless drip coffee and running plates of food to familiar faces. Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bottomless

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of bottomless was in the 15th century

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“Bottomless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bottomless. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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bottomless

adjective
bot·​tom·​less ˈbät-əm-ləs How to pronounce bottomless (audio)
1
: having no bottom
2
: very deep
a bottomless pit

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