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US
/ənˈfæðəməbəɫ/
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[ UK /ʌnfˈæðəməbəl/ ]
[ UK /ʌnfˈæðəməbəl/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- incapable of being fully understood
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resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable
the abyssal depths of the ocean - of depth; not capable of being sounded or measured
How To Use unfathomable In A Sentence
- It would not further confuse a public who already find the machinations of Westminster almost unfathomable. Times, Sunday Times
- Christopher is mathematically gifted, but socially incapable, finding the simplest emotional empathy unfathomable.
- Gretchen-One split the seconds into a thousand pieces releasing seconds as Einstein split the atom astonishing energy, unfathomable energy she destroyed that day remotely it lay in the distant timeline, she found it destroyed it with atomics with the atomic seconds thus saved mankind forever thus saved what remained of mankind a dry skeleton in an underground bunker deep in the heart of old egypt Three gretchens
- The present display tries to give this unfathomable infantilism an adult twist by labelling it officially as kawaii — cute. Times, Sunday Times
- I have many memories of Calum, but the one that lingers most hauntingly in my mind is of him sitting among my family, his dark eyes, unfathomable as they often were, fixed on somewhere high on the wall, while his fingers coaxed that plaintive music from our little squeeze-box. Every living thing
- The defence secretary, whose department was, for reasons which still seem unfathomable, allowed to run what counted for peace as well as the war, lacked this messianic zeal.
- He also retained a belief in predestination and in an unfathomable Providence overseeing the affairs of the world.
- Everyone who loves you is aware of your unfathomable depth, your dark feelings and unknowable concerns.
- They do not have the same intricate inner workings of women and they are not unfathomable pools of emotions swirling effervescently in a bubbling turmoil of feelings and needs.
- How he could possibly be considered electable is still unfathomable to me! Blitzer: Most explosive charges I can remember