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unlimited

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ʌnˈlɪm.ɪ.tɪd/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Limitless or without bounds; unrestricted.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

having no limits in range or scope- Philip Rahv

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • to start with a theory of unlimited freedom is to end up with unlimited despotism
  • the limitless reaches of outer space

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: limitless

Antonyms: limited

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

that cannot be entirely consumed or used up

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an inexhaustible supply of coal

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: inexhaustible

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

without reservation or exception

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: outright, straight-out

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From unlimit + -ed or un- + limited.

Across languages

Translations

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: müddətsiz — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
  • Bulgarian: безграни́чен (bezgraníčen) — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
  • Bulgarian: неограничен (neograničen) — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
  • Catalan: il·limitat — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
  • Chinese Mandarin: 無限 /无限 (wúxiàn) — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
  • Czech: neomezený — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
  • Danish: ubegrænset — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
  • Esperanto: senlima — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
  • Finnish: rajoittamaton — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
  • Finnish: rajaton — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
  • French: illimité — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
  • Galician: ilimitado — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
  • Georgian: უსაზღვრო (usazɣvro) — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
  • Georgian: შეუზღუდავი (šeuzɣudavi) — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
  • Georgian: საზღვარდაუდებელი (sazɣvardaudebeli) — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
  • Georgian: ულიმიტო (ulimiṭo) — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
  • German: unbeschränkt — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
  • German: unbegrenzt — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
  • Greek: απεριόριστος (aperióristos) — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
  • Ancient Greek: ἄπειρος (ápeiros) — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
  • Hindi: अमित (amit) — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
  • Hindi: असीम (asīm) — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
  • Hindi: अपरिमित (aprimit) — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
  • Hindi: असीमित (asīmit) — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
  • Hungarian: végtelen — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
  • Irish: neamhtheoranta — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
  • Italian: illimitato — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
  • Japanese: 果てしない (hateshinai) — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
  • Japanese: 無限の (mugen no) — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
  • Japanese: 無制限の (museigen no) — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
  • Central Kurdish: بێ سنور (bê snur) — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
  • Latin: īnfīnītus — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
  • Latin: illīmitātus — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
  • Macedonian: неограничен (neograničen) — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
  • Malay: tanpa had — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ubegrenset — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ubegrensa — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
  • Plautdietsch: onbeschrenkjt — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
  • Portuguese: ilimitado — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
  • Romanian: nelimitat — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
  • Romanian: nemărginit — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
  • Russian: неограни́ченный (neograníčennyj) — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
  • Russian: безграни́чный (bezgraníčnyj) — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
  • Spanish: ilimitado — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
  • Spanish: sin límite — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
  • Swedish: obegränsad — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
  • Turkish: sonsuz — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
  • Turkish: sınırsız — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
  • Turkish: süresiz — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
  • Ukrainian: необмежений (neobmeženyj) — limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
Real reading context

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