1
as in infinite
being or seeming to be without limits
the unfathomable reaches of space
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as in incomprehensible
impossible to understand
for some unfathomable reason the family decided to venture out into the blizzard
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Recent Examples of unfathomable
The concept has never been tested in the real world, and the unfathomable risks include the danger that cables could snap, causing entire rigs to capsize in storms, creating debris fields along the Pacific Coast.
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Craig Rucker, Boston Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
And though that price might be unfathomable to some folks, the modern villa is loaded with posh perks that help justify the lofty figure.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 2025
That's because Silent Hill f is one of the boldest, darkest, goriest, grimmest, and flat out best games in the entire series; a tremendous achievement that just over a year ago seemed unfathomable.
—Vincent Acovino, NPR, 22 Sep. 2025
Hearing from speakers with a direct connection to Palestine, who were unafraid to speak openly and vividly about the unfathomable violence that Palestine has faced, felt uniquely heartening.
—Shaad D’souza, Pitchfork, 18 Sep. 2025
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Craig Rucker, Boston Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
And though that price might be unfathomable to some folks, the modern villa is loaded with posh perks that help justify the lofty figure.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 2025
That's because Silent Hill f is one of the boldest, darkest, goriest, grimmest, and flat out best games in the entire series; a tremendous achievement that just over a year ago seemed unfathomable.
—Vincent Acovino, NPR, 22 Sep. 2025
Hearing from speakers with a direct connection to Palestine, who were unafraid to speak openly and vividly about the unfathomable violence that Palestine has faced, felt uniquely heartening.
—Shaad D’souza, Pitchfork, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfathomable
Adjective
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The principle is that demand is infinite.—
Zach Halaschak,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Oct. 2025
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Weightless, effortless, infinite movement.—
SJ Studio,
Sourcing Journal,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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And the thought of McDavid leaving Edmonton under any condition once felt incomprehensible.—
Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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His way through was by finding connection with a character whose deeds seem incomprehensible.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The film looks like a million bucks, has a high pedigree of talent, and mistakes constant poking for conversation, endless buzzwords for a buffet of food for thought, incendiary hypotheticals for insight.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
9 Oct. 2025
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Predictive tax planning — hard to do now without endless data collection — could attract new customers to wealth management.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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George MacKay and Callum Turner star in the eerie drama, playing fishermen in a remote village in Cornwall who board a mysterious ship that appears to be caught in a time loop.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Oct. 2025
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God, or the Universe, works in mysterious ways.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Sigmund Freud defines the uncanny as the nagging presence of the familiar within the strange, the strange within the familiar.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Oct. 2025
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These are essentially gothic works, in which bleary, nocturnal isolation opens a door to bizarre impulses and uncanny transformations.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But in an Akan language, the notion that an object could exist as a bare substrate, stripped of properties—say, the idea of a stone, with its weight, texture, and color subtracted—is basically unintelligible; the metaphysical split between a thing and its properties isn’t naturally expressible.—
Lula Konner,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Oct. 2025
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However, audio quality can make or break social media content and while some people can tolerate less-than-perfect video, poor and unintelligible sound often has audiences swiping left.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
Adjective
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Sometimes his mechanics have been atrocious, which is the most confusing development of them all.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Oct. 2025
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This, Tilly, can be confusing as an actress.—
Betty Gilpin,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The basic logic of the drink is, as mentioned, Negroni-like, but more esoteric on a number of fronts.—
Jason O'Bryan,
Robb Report,
4 Oct. 2025
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But this seems to me to be a far more likely possibility than Jesus making legendary journeys to India, Egypt, or even Britain, so popular in esoteric lore.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Unfathomable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfathomable. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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