unfathomable

  • 1unfathomable — [adj1] bottomless abysmal, boundless, deep, eternal, immeasurable, infinite, soundless, unending, unmeasured, unplumbed; concepts 482,777 Ant. comprehensible, explainable, explicable, fathomable unfathomable [adj2] hard to believe; difficult to… …

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  • 2unfathomable — index complex, inapprehensible, inarticulate, incomprehensible, indefinable, indeterminate, inexpressive, innumerable …

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  • 3unfathomable — 1610s, originally in the figurative sense, of feelings, conditions, etc., from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + FATHOMABLE (Cf. fathomable). Literal sense attested from 1670s …

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  • 4unfathomable — ► ADJECTIVE 1) incapable of being fully explored or understood. 2) impossible to measure the depth or extent of. DERIVATIVES unfathomably adverb unfathomed adjective …

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  • 5unfathomable — [spelling only] …

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  • 6unfathomable — [[t]ʌnfæ̱ðəməb(ə)l[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED If you describe something as unfathomable, you mean that it cannot be understood or explained, usually because it is very strange or complicated. An iron gate hung open, with a blue shirt, for some… …

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  • 7unfathomable — adjective a) impossible to fathom or understand; incomprehensible The sheer numbers they attacked with were unfathomable. b) difficult to penetrate. Ant: fathomable …

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  • 8unfathomable — adj. Unfathomable is used with these nouns: ↑mystery …

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  • 9unfathomable — adjective literary too strange or mysterious to be understood: the unfathomable mysteries of human nature unfathomably adverb …

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  • 10unfathomable — adjective Date: 1640 not capable of being fathomed: a. immeasurable b. impossible to comprehend …

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