limitless

Adjective
US[lim-uht-luhs]/ˈlɪmətləs/3 syllables

Open English WordNet

Adjective (3)

  1. without limits in extent or size or quantity“limitless vastness of our solar system”“The long unmeasured pulse of time moves everything. There is nothing hidden that it cannot bring to light, nothing once known that may not become unknown. — Sophocles”Synonyms: illimitablemeasurelessunmeasuredOpposite measurableSimilar immeasurable, unmeasurable
  2. having no limits in range or scope“to start with a theory of unlimited freedom is to end up with unlimited despotism — Philip Rahv”“the limitless reaches of outer space”Synonyms: unlimitedOpposite limitedSimilar untrammeled, oceanic, bottomless
  3. seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent“unbounded enthusiasm”“children with boundless energy”“a limitless supply of money”Synonyms: boundlessunboundedOpposite finiteSimilar infinite
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Lim′it·less adjective

Having no limits; unbounded; boundless. Davies (Wit's Pilgr.).

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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