Too great in amount, value, or effect to be captured by a meaningful measure.
Reach for it when expressing profound gratitude or scale when a number would diminish the point
Her quiet advocacy made an immeasurable difference to families seeking a safe home.
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everyday
Fits when plain emphasis on very great size is sufficient
Careful Immense still describes scale, while immeasurable rejects quantification.
everyday
vast
Fits when a very large extent can still be conceived spatially
Careful Vast is measurable in principle and less personal in praise.
warm
Fits when personal or cultural value cannot be replaced by money
Careful Priceless suits cherished value, not quantities that simply cannot be measured.
formal
incalculable
Fits when the amount or consequence cannot reasonably be computed
Careful Incalculable can sound ominous and is common with damage or risk.
formal
Fits when value is too high to assess adequately
Careful Inestimable is chiefly about worth, not physical extent or emotional effect.
literary
Fits when warmth, energy, or possibility seems to have no limit
Careful Boundless is exuberant and may exaggerate a finite contribution.
immeasurable value
The midwife's local knowledge had immeasurable value during the evacuation.
immeasurable contribution
His immeasurable contribution included decades of patient teaching.
immeasurable joy
The reunion brought immeasurable joy to the whole household.
Definitions and examples are written for this site. How words are chosen Recording: Vealhurl, Southern England accent, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Updated
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