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i-NYOOM-uh-r-uh-bl/ɪˈnjuːmərəbl/

Innumerable means too many to be counted: innumerable complaints, innumerable small cuts. Number (already in the dictionary) is the related noun; “innumerable tweaks” is not a change log.

Meaning

Too many to be counted.

Examples

• “Innumerable foyer posters are not a sampling frame; name the slice.”
• ““Innumerable tweaks” is not a change log; itemise the edits.”
• “Countless is everyday. Myriad is literary. A tweak is talk. A numbered line is a file. List the edits; save innumerable for the vote of thanks.”

Good to know

Too many to count. Related: number (already in the dictionary). Tweaks ≠ a change log.

Near in meaning

countless, myriad

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