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unfathomable

[ uhn-fath-uh-muh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. not able to be fathomed, or completely understood; incomprehensible:

    heroism in the face of unfathomable conflict.

  2. not able to be measured with a sounding line, or fathomed:

    unfathomable depths of the ocean.



unfathomable

/ ʌˈæðəəə /

adjective

  1. incapable of being fathomed; immeasurable
  2. incomprehensible
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ܲˈڲٳdzԱ, noun
  • ܲˈڲٳdz, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • ܲ·ڲٳo···Ա noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of unfathomable1

First recorded in 1610–20; un- 1( def ) + fathom ( def ) + -able ( def )
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Example Sentences

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“I’m interested in human behavior. I can never understand when somebody says they’re bored. That is the most unfathomable thing that you could say to me.”

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Geopolitically, blowing up our alliances and the global economy in the name of “self-sufficiency” is unfathomably idiotic.

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He told The Times: "I was just in complete disbelief. It was just unfathomable to me that things had escalated to this degree."

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Mrs Nowland's family, at a sentencing hearing last month, said White's "unfathomable" and "inhumane" actions had forever changed their lives.

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Gaxiola and his family soon drove off, leaving the ranch and environs to the police and investigators gathering clues to this unfathomable discovery that has transfixed Mexico.

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