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
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
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
Ross Douthat New York Times, Star Tribune, 1 Mar. 2021
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for illimitable
Adjective
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In the framework of infinite potential, every human becomes a unique window through which the universe can know and express itself.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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There's something defeating in watching a restless auteur essentially turn on infinite lives for his unfinished drafts.—
Sheldon Pearce,
NPR,
17 June 2025
Adjective
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And yet the emissions from this endless back-and-forth from shipping and aviation are rarely counted in countries’ official climate tallies.—
Nathalie Kelley,
Time,
17 June 2025
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The options are seemingly endless, with a wide variety of terrains to choose from, including mountains, lakes, oceans, and even volcanoes.—
Will McGough,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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“Illimitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/illimitable. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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