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infinite

 adjective
     
in‧fi‧nite
1 very great in amount or degree:
a woman of infinite patience
an infinite number/variety of something
There was an infinite variety of drinks to choose from.
2 without limits in space or time [≠ finite]:
The universe is infinite.

➔ in somebody's (infinite) wisdom

at wisdom (4), non-finite
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