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Grammar : Adj
Spell : uhn-fath -uh-muh-buh l
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈfæð ə mə bəl

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Définition of unfathomable

Origin :
  • 1610s, originally in the figurative sense, of feelings, conditions, etc., from un- (1) "not" + fathomable. Literal sense attested from 1670s. Related: Unfathomably.
  • adj bottomless
  • adj hard to believe; difficult to understand
Example sentences :
  • And with her straight, unfathomable glance she answered that she would be so, of course.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • His eyes were dark, and they held an unfathomable melancholy.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • As she turned to go her eyes thanked him with an unfathomable glance.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • Is it pale and gray with heat, full of sunshine, and unfathomable in depth?
  • Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin
  • They had leant, so to say, one on the other above an unfathomable depth, attracted to it by its horror.
  • Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola
  • The greed of that absurd monster is incalculable, unfathomable, inconceivable.
  • Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
  • The most amazing wonder of the deep is its unfathomable cruelty.
  • Extract from : « The Mirror of the Sea » by Joseph Conrad
  • Unfathomable power of the god who conquers all human beings!
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • This, they seemed to say, is no unfathomable roguery of penniless adventurers.
  • Extract from : « The Arrow of Gold » by Joseph Conrad
  • There seemed to be an echo in the silent wood of his unfathomable honesty.
  • Extract from : « Captain Mansana and Mother's Hands » by Bjrnstjerne Bjrnson

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