countless

From count + -less.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʊntləs/

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• Hyphenation: count‧less

countless

1. (of a count noun) A huge and uncountable number of; too many to count; innumerable.

   Antonyms: a couple of, a few, a handful of, several; one; zero, no

   Hypernyms: many, numerous; multiple, various

   There are countless stars in the sky.

   • 2020, Pat Mann, 100 Life-Challenging Devotionals:

     He endured countless insults hurled at him before people finally respected him for his courage and his great ability as a baseball player.

countless (not comparable)

1. Synonym of uncountable.

   The stars in the sky are countless.

2. (of a number) Too large to be counted to.
   • 2021, Baird T. Spalding, The Journey:

     Just stop and think deeply for a moment and realize the countless number of the grains of sand of the seashore; the countless number of drops of water that go to make up the waters of the earth; […]

• numberless, see also Thesaurus:innumerable or Thesaurus:incalculable