un fathomable

adjective

not able to be fathomed, or completely understood; incomprehensible: heroism in the face of unfathomable conflict.

not able to be measured with a sounding line, or fathomed: unfathomable depths of the ocean.

Related forms

un·fath·om·a·ble·ness, noun

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unfathomable (ʌnˈfæðəməb^əl)

—*adj*
1.	incapable of being fathomed; immeasurable
2.	incomprehensible

un'fathomableness

—n

un'fathomably

—*adv*

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unfathomable

1617, originally in the fig. sense, of feelings, conditions, etc., from un- (1) "not" + fathom (v.) + -able. Lit. sense attested from c.1676.

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