unmeasured

[ uhn-mezh-erd ]

adjective

1. of undetermined or indefinitely great extent or amount; unlimited; measureless:

   the unmeasured heavens.

   Synonyms: vast, immense

2. unrestrained; intemperate:

   unmeasured rage.

   Synonyms: unstinting, lavish

3. Prosody. not metrical.

unmeasured

/ ʌnˈmɛʒəd /

adjective

1. measureless; limitless
2. unrestrained; unlimited or lavish
3. music without bar lines and hence without a fixed pulse

Derived Forms

• unˈmeasurably, adverb
• unˈmeasurableness, noun
• unˈmeasurable, adjective
• unˈmeasuredly, adverb

Other Words From

• un·measur·a·ble adjective
• un·measur·a·bly adverb
• un·measured·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of unmeasured¹

First recorded in 1350–1400, unmeasured is from the Middle English word unmesured. See un- ¹, measured

Example Sentences

“I viewed severe misalignments when the plane came together, which was remedied by using unmeasured and unlimited amount of force to fit the misaligned holes and parts together,” Salehpour said.

From Seattle Times

And although the large sample size and long follow-up allowed the risk of bias to be reduced, the authors acknowledge the possibility that other unmeasured factors could affect results.

From Science Daily

The team also had a number of species in their green roof that likely arrived via unmeasured vectors such birds, insects, or even rats.

From Science Daily

That kind of points to something that was unmeasured—something about being in this social construct, of being categorized as Black or Hispanic in the U.S., that is contributing to this difference.

From Scientific American

In their unmeasured hunger to capitalize on nostalgia and the promise of a built-in audience, studios time and again have refused to consider that what succeeded in one medium doesn’t inherently translate benignly into another.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• boundless
• immeasurable
• infinite