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adj
Incapable of being quantified or precisely defined mathematically.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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noun
Something that cannot be quantified.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology tree English un- Proto-Indo-European *kw- Proto-Indo-European *kwos? Proto-Indo-European *-onts? Proto-Indo-European *kwoider.? Proto-Italic *kwāntos Latin quantus Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Medieval Latin quantificōder. English quantify Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English quantifiable English unquantifiable From un- + quantifiable.
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