"boundless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more boundless [comparative], most boundless [superlative]
Etymology: bound + -less Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|bound|less}} bound + -less Head templates: {{en-adj}} boundless (comparative more boundless, superlative most boundless)
  1. Without bounds, unbounded. Synonyms: bottomless, extentless, limitless, unbottomed, unbounded, infinite Translations (without bounds, unbounded): ἄπειρος (ápeiros) (Ancient Greek), ἀπέραντος (apérantos) (Ancient Greek), ἄπλετος (ápletos) (Ancient Greek), বেহদ্দ (behoddo) (Bengali), безграни́чен (bezgraníčen) (Bulgarian), 無邊 (Chinese Mandarin), 无边 (wúbiān) (Chinese Mandarin), grænseløs (Danish), ubegrænset (Danish), grenzeloos (Dutch), onbegrensd (Dutch), senlima (Esperanto), rajaton (Finnish), illimité (French), grenzenlos (German), unbegrenzt (German), ללא גבול (le lo gevūl) (Hebrew), अदिति (aditi) (Hindi), illimitato (Italian), sconfinato (Italian), infīnītus (Latin), onbeschrenkjt (Plautdietsch), bezgraniczny [masculine] (Polish), bezkresny (Polish), nemărginit (Romanian), безграни́чный (bezgraníčnyj) (Russian), беспреде́льный (bespredélʹnyj) (Russian), бескра́йний (beskrájnij) (Russian), бесконе́чный (beskonéčnyj) (Russian), अनन्त (ananta) (Sanskrit), अदिति (aditi) (Sanskrit), ilimitado (Spanish), sin límites (Spanish), sınırsız (Turkish), sonsuz (Turkish), безме́жний (bezméžnyj) (Ukrainian), безкра́йній (bezkrájnij) (Ukrainian), безкра́їй (bezkrájij) (Ukrainian)

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