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Word entry · 12 letters

unfathomable

Best crossword clue

"Beyond comprehension"

12 letters · collected on this word page

12 lettersPronunciation /(ˌ)ʌnˈfæðəməbl̩/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aabefhlmnotuStarts with UEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. incapable of being fully understood

Word origin

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).

Used in a sentence

  • Now, where the fiercest war among the waves / Is calm, on the unfathomable stream / The boat moved slowly.
  • [Y]e may well look up surprised / To those unfathomable heavens that feed / Your purple hills!
  • Not till her nineteenth year had she seen the long, dazzling boulevards stretching into unfathomable distance before her eyes; […]

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