unfathomable
23
8.6
- adjective
- /ʌnˈfæðəməbl/
:
incomprensible
- The depths of the ocean are unfathomable, hiding secrets we may never uncover.
- an unfathomable mystery
- unfathomable love
- unfathomable power
On top of all this, we have the almost unfathomable costs of two world wars.
- On top of all this, we have the almost unfathomable costs of two world wars.
- Many people who survived the Holocaust witnessed things that are really unfathomable, but by by most accounts.
- He got this face tat and a time when doing such thing was unfathomable.
- You know, even profound ideas are unfathomable until somebody has written them into a story that people can.
- I mean, yeah, this is unfathomable.
- You want to get to the highest of heights and achieve, you know, something unfathomable.
- It is like it's unfathomable the the fucking hatred people have for these people when there's no evidence.
- And to look at that degree of cut throatness, or at least decisiveness, I think is almost unfathomable for a lot of people.
- It is almost unfathomable to imagine what someone receiving these messages regularly, what that would feel like.
- It can be unfathomable to believe that you love or care for someone who is able to be so dismissive of you.
- And we examined the dark side of Kohlberger and his past, and now some of the unanswered questions that are still swirling about this unfathomable crime.
- And it is an unfathomable level of stress if you are not well resourced and you're doing this with a narcissistic Co parent.
- None disturbed him, None nodded him, like the unfathomable problem of time.
Examples
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Her reasons for leaving the company were unfathomable to her colleagues.
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At issue now is similarly insidious and unfathomable destruction, the congressional budget cuts aimed largely at poor people.
Academic text (1995) -
Losing a mother, it's an unfathomable loss.
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You are unfathomable to me.
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On top of all this, we have the almost unfathomable costs of two world wars.
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You have been blessed with unfathomable power.
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But all of those stars were surrounded by unfathomable, empty loneliness.
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It's an unfathomable twist of fate when God takes someone so young and innocent.
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For many in the mainstream, this approach to life may seem unfathomable and senseless.
Academic text (2013) -
And as we mourn the loss of this beloved wife, mother and friend, it only makes her choice that much more unfathomable.
Synonyms
∞
8.6
Not clear enough to understand
583
7.6
Hard to understand or explain
498
5.1
Hard to understand or explain because it seems strange
47
7.8
Hard to explain or understand
46
8.8
Difficult or impossible to understand
46
7.4
Impossible to imagine or believe
31
7.0
Very surprising or hard to understand
27
8.1
Hard to understand and often seems mysterious
27
6.4
Hard to understand and causing confusion
21
5.4
So wonderful or strange that words cannot show it
19
7.0
Something people cannot understand or find a clear reason for
19
7.4
Something you cannot find out or understand
14
8.3
Very hard to understand
12
8.9
Hard to understand because it shows no clear meaning or feeling
8
9.5
So great that words cannot describe it
4
6.9
Hard to describe or explain in words
3
7.5
A feeling so strong that you cannot describe it in words
3
6.8
Hard to describe exactly in words
2
8.6
So deep that you cannot measure or understand it
1
6.8
Very deep like a dark hole with no bottom
1
8.6
Difficult to understand even after thinking about it
1
8.2
Not possible to understand or explain
1
9.3
Hard to understand, like a puzzle
1
7.5
Very surprising and hard to understand because it is unusual
1
9.9
Too deep or mysterious to understand
1
9.8
Very deep and hard to understand or imagine
1
7.7
Too hard to describe in words
1
7.6
Hard to know what someone thinks or feels
Very hard to understand
Hard to understand or explain
Not possible for people to know or understand
Too small, slow, or quiet for people to notice
Antonyms
Compounds
How Incomprehensible
Surface Forms
Morphology
unfathomable = fathomable (transparent) = un + fathom + able
The adjective is formed by prefixing 'un-' to 'fathomable' (fathom + -able), producing a straightforward negation.
Etymology
Unfathomable comes from the word fathom, which meant 'to measure depth' in the sea, and the prefix un- means 'not'. So something unfathomable is 'not measurable' — it feels too deep or too hard to understand.