Immeasurable vs Untold - What's the difference?
immeasurable | untold | Related terms |
impossible to measure
vast
* 2007 , Terence Hunt,
Anything that cannot be measured.
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Immeasurable is a related term of untold.
As adjectives the difference between immeasurable and untold
is that immeasurable is impossible to measure while untold is not told; not related; not revealed.As a noun immeasurable
is anything that cannot be measured.immeasurable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Longest-serving Bush aide resigns, Associated Press
- "His contribution has been immeasurable ," Bush said in a statement. "I value his judgment, and I treasure his friendship."
Usage notes
Also used tautologically as a spin word to avoid stating explicitly whether someone or something had a positive or negative effect. It is a neutral term equivalent to neither priceless'' nor ''worthless .Synonyms
* immensurable * unmeasurableAntonyms
* measurableNoun
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