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UNFATHOMABLE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Incapable of being fully understood
Classified under:
Similar:
incomprehensible; uncomprehensible (difficult to understand)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable
Example:
the abyssal depths of the ocean
Synonyms:
abysmal; abyssal; unfathomable
Classified under:
Similar:
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)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Of depth; not capable of being sounded or measured
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
unsoundable (too deep to determine the depth of)
Also:
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)
Antonym:
fathomable ((of depth) capable of being sounded or measured for depth)
