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- noun Property of being
limitless ,infiniteness ,boundlessness .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quality of being infinite; without bound or limit
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Examples
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He was only 59, but it was easy to see a limitlessness in what he might have done.
Art reviews: 'Philip Guston, Roma' and 'David Smith Invents' at the Phillips Philip Kennicott 2011
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She represents limitlessness, the sentry against the Nothing, representing and constituting our lack of imagination, our fears in the real world.
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Light scatters on the organic surface in a way that seems almost limitlessness.
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Ms. Dvorovenko is forthright with her dancing and its accents, but she fails to shape the physical highlights of her raised-leg positions and her arched-back or extended-arm postures in a way that suggests limitlessness.
These Ladies of the Lake Sprout No Feathers Robert Greskovic 2011
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The engraving on the back of AURYN reads: “Do what you Wish”, which encourages the concept of limitlessness - of being able to claim a freedom to be whatever you wish to be or whatever feeling you are.
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Ms. Dvorovenko is forthright with her dancing and its accents, but she fails to shape the physical highlights of her raised-leg positions and her arched-back or extended-arm postures in a way that suggests limitlessness.
These Ladies of the Lake Sprout No Feathers Robert Greskovic 2011
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When it looks at limitlessness and infinity, it sees meaninglessness and despair.
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More than a manifestation of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Djulfa's annihilation was a suppression of the right to memory, the oppression of the right to cultural expression, and the worst manifestation of a powerholder's perception of its own limitlessness on controlling societal matters.
Amnesty International: Sacred Stones Scream for Justice in Azerbaijan Amnesty International 2010
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Underneath the often dull words of modern inaugurals lies a distinct hubris, an emphasis on the potential limitlessness of American power, which would reach its zenith (and apogee) in the commander-in-chief presidency of George W. Bush.
Tom Engelhardt: The Apology: How to Turn Over a New Inaugural Leaf 2009
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Once we've succumbed to the notion that we're a limited person, an ego, our innate drive toward limitlessness (which is really an intuitive recognition of our true nature) makes limitation intolerable.
Dean Sluyter: Emily Dickinson and the Buddha vs. the WWF 2009
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