as in infinite
being or seeming to be without limits
the illimitable expanse of the universe
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Recent Examples of illimitable
Finally, the wheel has also turned for the Wise and Sophisticated Europeans, whose governments were once portrayed as having vanquished the pandemic with science, while Trump's America was a failed state where the coronavirus held illimitable dominion over all.
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Ross Douthat New York Times, Star Tribune, 1 Mar. 2021
But tracking down remnants of the UMG disaster has been a lesson in the limits of standard historical narratives and a reminder of music’s illimitable plenteousness.
—New York Times, 11 June 2019
Given this virtually illimitable complexity, go is, much more than chess, about recognizing patterns that arise when clutches of stones surround empty spaces.
—Christof Koch, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2016
Ross Douthat New York Times, Star Tribune, 1 Mar. 2021
But tracking down remnants of the UMG disaster has been a lesson in the limits of standard historical narratives and a reminder of music’s illimitable plenteousness.
—New York Times, 11 June 2019
Given this virtually illimitable complexity, go is, much more than chess, about recognizing patterns that arise when clutches of stones surround empty spaces.
—Christof Koch, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for illimitable
Adjective
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The cemetery of good but dead laws is infinite; the main thing is that social forces exist.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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Amid fewer Hollywood blockbuster releases and the infinite buffet of streaming content, the movie theater business in general continues to face challenges.—
JC Reindl,
Freep.com,
8 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Instead of testing a model on an endless series of questions to evaluate its ability to speak Russian, for example, one benchmark reviewed in the study measures a model’s performance on nine different tasks, like answering yes-or-no questions using information drawn from Russian-language Wikipedia.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
6 Nov. 2025
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But not to fear — the entire For Good appetizer will be made available for endless reheating on Peacock the following day.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Illimitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/illimitable. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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