unlimited

Adjective
US[uhn-lim-uh-tid]/ənˈlɪmətɪd/4 syllablesalso [uhn-lim-ih-tid] /ənˈlɪmɪtɪd/

Open English WordNet

Adjective (3)

  1. 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: limitlessSimilar untrammeled, oceanic, bottomless
  2. without reservation or exceptionSynonyms: outrightstraight-outOpposite qualifiedSimilar unqualified
  3. that cannot be entirely consumed or used up“an inexhaustible supply of coal”Synonyms: inexhaustibleOpposite finiteSimilar infinite
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Translations

Adjective limitless or without bounds

Spanish
ilimitado
French
illimité
Italian
illimitato
Portuguese
ilimitado
Russian
неограни́ченный neograníčennyj
Chinese
无限 wúxiàn
Greek
απεριόριστος aperióristos
10 more languages
Hungarian
végtelen
Portuguese (PT)
ilimitado
Chinese (Trad.)
無限 wúxiàn
Esperanto
senlima
Georgian
უსაზღვრო usazɣvro
Norwegian
ubegrenset
Romanian
nelimitat

The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.

Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Un·lim′it·ed adjective

1. Not limited; having no bounds; boundless; as, an unlimited expanse of ocean.

2. Undefined; indefinite; not bounded by proper exceptions; as, unlimited terms. “Nothing doth more prevail than unlimited generalities.” Richard Hooker

3. Unconfined; not restrained; unrestricted.

Ascribe not unto God such an unlimited exercise of mercy as may destroy his justice.— Rogers

Unlimited problem Mathematics, a problem which is capable of an infinite number of solutions. — Unlimited pump, a kind of deep-well pump placed at the level of the water, and operated from above ground.

— Un·lim′wb-a1′>′it·ed·ly, adverb — Un·lim′wb-a1′>′it·ed·ness, noun

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

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