Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not capable of being reckoned or counted; immeasurable; immense.

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  • adjective That cannot be reckoned; uncountable, innumerable.

Etymologies

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un- +‎ reckonable

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Examples

  • Right then, I would have said anything to save her, to bring her back from her unreckonable, abstract place.

    Supernova Nicholas Rombes 2010

  • A word that is calm enough to look at, almost lulling, but also hints at holding unreckonable power.

    Kook Peter Heller 2010

  • Instead of her always having to make allowance for unreckonable impulses.

    The Way Home 2003

  • He knew Mary as well — nay, better than he knew his own unreckonable self.

    Australia Felix 2003

  • He too was bald, green, and tailed; but the green was grass-bright, without scales, the tail thin as a cat's, the posture erect, the height well below her own, the other differences unreckonable.

    A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1974

  • And, that he might hold up his head with the best of them, she endowed him, on the spot, with an unreckonable amount of wealth.

    The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II Various

  • And that he might hold up his head with the best of them, she endowed him on the spot with an unreckonable amount of wealth.

    Short Stories of Various Types Various

  • He could see the unreckonable element of chance functioning largely in a man's life.

    Burned Bridges Bertrand W. Sinclair 1926

  • She could not visualize him the jealous, outraged husband, breathing the conventional anathema, but there were elements unreckonable in that room.

    Big Timber A Story of the Northwest Bertrand W. Sinclair 1926

  • The unreckonable element of chance would still operate to make you do this or that.

    The Hidden Places Bertrand W. Sinclair 1926

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