fath·om·less

[fath-uhm-lis]
adjective
1.
impossible to measure the depth of; bottomless.
2.
impossible to understand; incomprehensible: fathomless motives.

Origin:
1600–10; fathom + -less

fath·om·less·ly, adverb
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fathomless (ˈfæðəmlɪs) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
another word for unfathomable
 
'fathomlessly
 
adv
 
'fathomlessness
 
n

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Word Origin & History

fathomless
1630s, literal; 1640s, figurative; from fathom + -less.
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Example sentences
Galaxies spin and points of light congregate in fathomless dark spaces.
In return for living a life of fathomless drabness, people's basic needs were
  reasonably well looked after.
Broke the fierce breath of the sun from the fathomless deeps of the heavens.
The clay is white and of a pink and water appears fathomless as it appears to
  be entirely hollow under neath.
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