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unfathomable
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un·fath·om·a·ble  (n-f-m-bl)
adj.
1. Difficult or impossible to understand; incomprehensible: unfathomable theories.
2. Difficult or impossible to measure: the unfathomable depths.

unfathomable [ʌnˈfæðəməbəl]
adj
1. incapable of being fathomed; immeasurable
2. incomprehensible
unfathomableness  n
unfathomably  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.unfathomableunfathomable - of depth; not capable of being sounded or measured
deep - having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center; sometimes used in combination; "a deep well"; "a deep dive"; "deep water"; "a deep casserole"; "a deep gash"; "deep massage"; "deep pressure receptors in muscles"; "deep shelves"; "a deep closet"; "surrounded by a deep yard"; "hit the ball to deep center field"; "in deep space"; "waist-deep"
fathomable, plumbable, soundable - (of depth) capable of being sounded or measured for depth
2.unfathomable - resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable; "the abyssal depths of the ocean"
deep - having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center; sometimes used in combination; "a deep well"; "a deep dive"; "deep water"; "a deep casserole"; "a deep gash"; "deep massage"; "deep pressure receptors in muscles"; "deep shelves"; "a deep closet"; "surrounded by a deep yard"; "hit the ball to deep center field"; "in deep space"; "waist-deep"
3.unfathomableunfathomable - impossible to come to understand    
uncomprehensible, incomprehensible - difficult to understand; "the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible"- A. Einstein

unfathomable
adjective
2. immeasurable, bottomless, unmeasured, unplumbed, unsounded Her eyes were black, unfathomable pools.
Translations
unfathomable [ʌnˈfæðəməbl] ADJinsondable
unfathomable [ʌnˈfæðəməbəl] adj
(= inexplicable) [reason, mystery] → insondable
(= inscrutable) [person, expression, eyes] → insondable
unfathomable
unfathomable [ʌnˈfæðəməbl] adj (depths, mystery) → insondabile, imperscrutabile; (person) → impenetrabile
unfathomable [ʌnˈfæðəməbl] adj (depths, mystery) → insondabile, imperscrutabile; (person) → impenetrabile


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