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unmeasurable en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ʌnˈmɛʒəɹəbəl/
  • /ʌnˈmɛʒɹəbəl/

Etymology

From un- + measurable.

Meanings

  1. Not able to be measured; immeasurable.
    • To begin with, it has been observed that value in Marx's sense is unmeasurable, i.e. it is impossible to state the value of any commodity in units of necessary labour-time. 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume I: The Founders, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: powstanie (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 325:

Forms

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more unmeasurable Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most unmeasurable Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

unmeasurableness · unmeasurably

Relateds

measure · measurable · meter

Synonyms

immensurable