bottomless

adjective

bot·​tom·​less ˈbä-təm-ləs 

1

: having no bottom

a bottomless chair

2

a

: extremely deep

b

: impossible to comprehend : unfathomable

a bottomless mystery

c

: boundless, unlimited

3

a

[from the absence of lower as well as upper garments] : nude

bottomless dancers

b

: featuring nude entertainers

bottomlessly adverb

bottomlessness noun

Synonyms

• boundless
• endless
• fathomless
• horizonless
• illimitable
• immeasurable
• immensurable
• indefinite
• infinite
• limitless
• measureless
• unbounded
• unfathomable
• unlimited

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

Recent Examples on the Web

And Rivian lacks a financial benefactor with bottomless pockets like Lucid has with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. —Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 9 May 2024

No digging in the bottomless abyss of a giant purse here — it’s got just enough room for just the basics, like a card or two, lip balm, and your phone. —Brittany Vanderbill, Travel + Leisure, 7 May 2024

Mother's Day brunch events in Greater Cincinnati Bell Event Centre - 444 Reading Road, Pendleton. Enjoy live music, a photo booth and bottomless mimosas or bloody marys with an all-you-can-eat brunch buffet from noon to 3 p.m. —Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 6 May 2024

Sunday May 5, enjoy all-you-can-eat-brunch from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., with bottomless mimosas, $5 Bloody Marys, Micheladas and margaritas. —Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 4 May 2024

Instagram users regularly source new Shelley material from an apparently bottomless archival trove. —Saskia Solomon, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2024

She's frustrated with Art's lack of confidence and thoughts of retirement, and can't help being attracted to Patrick's bottomless bravado. —Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 26 Apr. 2024

But Mahaney has attracted attention from some of the nation’s most storied programs — Duke, UConn, North Carolina and Michigan — with bottomless NIL war chests and is expected to go elsewhere. —Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2024

Here was the bottomless breadbasket of ideas, the inexhaustible canon of American chain food, I.P. surviving in a blur of memory and marketing, that could be excavated and remade forever. —Tejal Rao, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing bottomless

• bottomless pit

Kids Definition

bottomless

adjective

bot·​tom·​less ˈbät-əm-ləs 

1

: having no bottom

2

: very deep

a bottomless pit