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Unfathomable

//(ˌ)ʌnˈfæðəməbl̩// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Impossible to fathom.; Especially of depth: physically incapable of being measured; immeasurable.

    "[W]e are not to make our eſtimate of the quantity of VVaters meerly by the Superficies of the Sea, but by its vaſt depth, vvhich in ſome places is unfathomable, and by thoſe vaſt ſubterraneous Receptacles of VVater vvhich pour themſelves out in ſeveral great Ebullitions and Marine Springs: […]"

  2. 2
    Impossible to fathom.; Impossible to grasp the extent of, or to fully know or understand. figuratively

    "The sheer number of warriors the enemy attacked with was unfathomable."

Adjective
  1. 1
    incapable of being fully understood wordnet
  2. 2
    resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable wordnet
  3. 3
    of depth; not capable of being sounded or measured wordnet

Etymology

From un- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + fathom (“to measure the depth of (water); (figurative) to deeply understand (someone or something)”) + -able (suffix forming adjectives denoting things not able or fit to be done).

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