unnumbered

/ˌʌnˈnʌmbəd/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌʌnˈnʌmbərd/ (ame, ipa) · /ˌən-ˈnəm-bərd/ (ame, mw)

unnumbered — adjective

  • unnumberedpositive
  • more unnumberedcomparative
  • most unnumberedsuperlative

1. Something that is unnumbered does not have a number written or printed on it to

1.形容詞B2
釋義

Something that is unnumbered does not have a number written or printed on it to identify it or show its position in a list or series.

例句

The pages of the old manuscript were unnumbered, making it hard to follow the story.

predicative use: manuscript pages were unnumbered

Eli found unnumbered tickets in the drawer and sorted them by date.

attributive use: unnumbered + noun (tickets)

同義詞
  • unlabeled

    focuses on the absence of any label, not necessarily a number

  • unnamed

    suggests no name is attached, whereas unnumbered applies specifically to numbers

反義詞
  • numbered

    marked with a number for identification or ordering

文法句型

unnumbered + noun (attributive)

noun + be + unnumbered (predicative)

用法筆記

Often used for physical items such as pages, tickets, seats, or forms where numbering would normally be expected. Can appear both before a noun (an unnumbered ticket) and after a linking verb (the ticket was unnumbered).

常見錯誤

❌The document was unnumerated.
✅The document was unnumbered.
💡'unnumerated' is not a standard English word; use 'unnumbered' instead.

2. If people or things are described as unnumbered, they exist in such great number

2.形容詞C1
釋義

If people or things are described as unnumbered, they exist in such great numbers that counting them is impossible or unnecessary — for example, unnumbered stars in the sky or unnumbered years of history.

例句

The desert stretched before them, filled with unnumbered grains of sand.

attributive: unnumbered grains of sand

Zayd had read unnumbered books on the subject, yet he still found each one fascinating.

attributive: unnumbered books

同義詞
  • countless

    the most common everyday synonym for the same idea

  • innumerable

    slightly more formal; emphasizes that a precise count could not be made

  • incalculable

    often used for abstract concepts like damage or value, not physical objects

  • untold

    suggests a quantity so great it has never been recorded or told

反義詞
  • countable

    able to be counted

  • few

    a small number, the opposite of a vast quantity

文法句型

unnumbered + plural noun (attributive)

noun + be + unnumbered (predicative)

用法筆記

This sense is more literary and formal than the everyday word 'countless.' It is more common in written or poetic language than in casual speech. Distinguished from sense 1 by the idea of vast quantity rather than missing identification.

常見錯誤

❌There was unnumbered people at the concert.
✅There were unnumbered people at the concert.
💡'unnumbered' implies a plural countable noun, so the verb must be plural.