bottomless pit
noun
: something that holds a very large amount of something
My brother's always hungry. His stomach is a bottomless pit.
The Internet is a bottomless pit of information.
Examples of bottomless pit in a Sentence
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Linda lashes out at everyone, a bottomless pit of emotional need, and takes refuge in drugs and alcohol.
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Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 21 July 2025
Squid Game seems to imply that there is no end to the greed of humanity, no rock bottom to hit—only an bottomless pit.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
A lot of times, internal innovation is like a bottomless pit.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
Looking at this bottomless pit of AI slop is, at best, confusing and, at worst, an absolute nightmare.
—Adam Clark Estes, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
From the bottomless pit of phone choices, these are my favorite Android handsets, including the Google Pixel 8A, WIRED's top pick.
—Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 22 Jan. 2025
Luckily, Anderson, who graduated from the London College of Fashion with a degree in menswear design, is a bottomless pit of fashion knowledge.
—Anna Tingley, Variety, 4 Dec. 2024
That’s half a trillion sucked out of the market and into the bottomless pit of the incontinent spendthrifts in the U.S. government.
—Clem Chambers, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
Shortly after landing, the smart-mouthed protagonist is greeted by an indestructible robot sidekick named Claptrap (voiced by Jack Black), who even as a bottomless pit of dull exposition and half-baked one-liners delivers many of the movie’s better moments.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 8 Aug. 2024
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Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 21 July 2025
Squid Game seems to imply that there is no end to the greed of humanity, no rock bottom to hit—only an bottomless pit.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
A lot of times, internal innovation is like a bottomless pit.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
Looking at this bottomless pit of AI slop is, at best, confusing and, at worst, an absolute nightmare.
—Adam Clark Estes, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
From the bottomless pit of phone choices, these are my favorite Android handsets, including the Google Pixel 8A, WIRED's top pick.
—Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 22 Jan. 2025
Luckily, Anderson, who graduated from the London College of Fashion with a degree in menswear design, is a bottomless pit of fashion knowledge.
—Anna Tingley, Variety, 4 Dec. 2024
That’s half a trillion sucked out of the market and into the bottomless pit of the incontinent spendthrifts in the U.S. government.
—Clem Chambers, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
Shortly after landing, the smart-mouthed protagonist is greeted by an indestructible robot sidekick named Claptrap (voiced by Jack Black), who even as a bottomless pit of dull exposition and half-baked one-liners delivers many of the movie’s better moments.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 8 Aug. 2024
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“Bottomless pit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bottomless%20pit. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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