countless

[ kount-lis ]

adjective

1. too numerous to count; innumerable:

   the countless stars.

   Synonyms: unlimited, myriad, endless, numberless

countless

/ ˈkaʊntlɪs /

adjective

1. innumerable; myriad

Other Words From

• countless·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of countless¹

First recorded in 1580–90; count ¹ + -less

Example Sentences

The beauty in our home didn’t announce itself like it did in the movies I worshiped during countless weekend family trips to the Marina del Rey theater.

From Los Angeles Times

Countless failures and inefficiencies have never come to light because the county lacked even the most basic checks and balances that are essential to democracy.

From Los Angeles Times

To conduct their six-year study, the Australian scientists traveled to Seal Island off the coast of South Africa, the setting for countless “Shark Week” episodes and YouTube videos celebrating the sheer spectacle, and jaw-dropping violence, of great whites rocketing up from the depths and breaching the surface with doomed seals clutched in their mighty jaws.

From Los Angeles Times

Another letter reveals that Didion edited “Eve’s Hollywood,” something that Babitz, in her countless conversations with Anolik for her 2019 biography, had never mentioned.

From Los Angeles Times

"I think his admission that in 2013, which is really modern day in comparison to the 1970s and 1980s, that he didn't do enough, that he wasn't rigorous, that he was enacted is enough in my mind to confirm that Justin Welby along with countless other Anglican churchmen were part of a cover-up about the abuse," Mr Morse told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

From BBC

Related Words

• endless
• myriad
• uncounted
• untold