Definitions for unfathomable
ʌnˈfæð ə mə bəlun·fath·omable

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. unfathomableadjective

   of depth; not capable of being sounded or measured

2. abysmal, abyssal, unfathomableadjective

   resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable

   "the abyssal depths of the ocean"

3. unfathomableadjective

   impossible to come to understand

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. unfathomableadjective

   impossible to fathom or understand; incomprehensible

   The sheer numbers they attacked with were unfathomable.

2. unfathomableadjective

   difficult to penetrate.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Unfathomablenoun

   1. Not to be sounded by a line.

   In the midst of the plain a beautiful lake, which the inhabitants thereabouts pretend is unfathomable. Addison.

   Beneath unfathomable depths they faint,
   And secret in their gloomy caverns pant. Joseph Addison, Ovid.

   2. That of which the end or extent cannot be found.

   A thousand parts of our bodies may be diversified in all the dimensions of solid bodies; which overwhelms the fancy in a new abyss of unfathomable number. Richard Bentley, Sermons.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. unfathomable

   Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game is a board game created by Corey Konieczka and first published by Fantasy Flight Games in 2008 based on the 2004 Battlestar Galactica series. Players take the roles of characters from the series, trying to guide the Galactica and its fleet to its destination, while combating the Cylons and other crises threatening it. One or more players are secretly enemy Cylons, who win if the humans fail to achieve their objective.

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1. unfathomable

   Unfathomable is an adjective that describes something that is difficult or impossible to understand, comprehend, or measure. It usually refers to an idea, emotion, fact, or condition that is so complex, vast, deep, or mysterious, our minds cannot fully grasp its extent or significance.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Unfathomable

   un-fath′om-a-bl, adj. that cannot be fathomed, too deep to be measured or to be understood.—n. Unfath′omableness.—adv. Unfath′omably.—adj. Unfath′omed, not sounded.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of unfathomable in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of unfathomable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of unfathomable in a Sentence

1. George Conway:

   The Lincoln Project's terrible and awful and appalling and unfathomable, I, I didn't know John very well. I frankly only spoke to him a couple of times on the phone early on in The Lincoln Project. It's almost, I don't even know what to say. It's just terrible, it leaves me speechless, frankly.

2. Sylvia Loehrmann:

   It was a Spanish language exchange programme and they were flying home after having what was probably the most wonderful time of their lives, it's so tragic, so sad, so unfathomable.

3. Larry Krasner:

   I join Philadelphians in expressing my heartbreak over the tragic loss of life in Fairmount today. The deaths of 13 people, including 7 children, in a house fire are an unfathomable occurrence.

4. Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin:

   It is painful enough when we lose members of our armed forces when they are sent in harm's way, but it is unfathomable that they should be vulnerable for attack in our own communities.

5. Jason Baron:

   I remain mystified by the fact that the use of a private e-mail account apparently went either unnoticed or unremarked upon during the four-year tenure in office of the former secretary, simply put, where was everyone ? Is there any record indicating that any lawyer, any FOIA officer, any records person, any high-level official ever respectfully confronted the former secretary with reasonable questions about the practice of sending e-mails from a private account ? It is unfathomable to me that this would not have been noticed and reported up the chain.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=unfathomable
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Unfathomable
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=unfathomable
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unfathomable
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=unfathomable
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=unfathomable