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Every human life involves an unfathomable mystery, for man is the riddle of the universe, and the riddle of man in his endowment with personal capacities.
Harry Emerson Fosdick

Meaning of "unfathomable" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNFATHOMABLE

unfathomable  [ʌnˈfæðəməbəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNFATHOMABLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unfathomable is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNFATHOMABLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unfathomable in the English dictionary

The definition of unfathomable in the dictionary is incapable of being fathomed; immeasurable. Other definition of unfathomable is incomprehensible.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNFATHOMABLE


assumable
əˈsjuːməbəl
consumable
kənˈsjuːməbəl
customable
ˈkʌstəməbəl
deformable
dɪˈfɔːməbəl
dimmable
ˈdɪməbəl
fathomable
ˈfæðəməbəl
flammable
ˈflæməbəl
formable
ˈfɔːməbəl
inestimable
ɪnˈɛstɪməbəl
inflammable
ɪnˈflæməbəl
irredeemable
ˌɪrɪˈdiːməbəl
nonflammable
ˌnɒnˈflæməbəl
performable
pəˈfɔːməbəl
programable
prəʊˈɡræməbəl
programmable
prəʊˈɡræməbəl
ransomable
ˈrænsəməbəl
redeemable
rɪˈdiːməbəl
reprogrammable
riːˈprəʊɡræməbəl
sublimable
ˈsʌbləməbəl
transformable
trænsˈfɔːməbəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNFATHOMABLE

unfancied
unfancy
unfanned
unfashionable
unfashionably
unfashioned
unfasten
unfastidious
unfathered
unfatherly
unfathomableness
unfathomably
unfathomed
unfaulty
unfavorableness
unfavored
unfavorite
unfavourable
unfavourableness
unfavourably

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNFATHOMABLE

able
blamable
claimable
confirmable
conformable
estimable
farmable
foamable
framable
hummable
inflamable
reclaimable
reformable
resumable
summable
swimmable
tamable
thermoformable
unconformable
unnamable
untamable

Synonyms and antonyms of unfathomable in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «UNFATHOMABLE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «unfathomable» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of unfathomable

Translation of «unfathomable» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNFATHOMABLE

Find out the translation of unfathomable to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of unfathomable from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unfathomable» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

深不可测
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

insondable
570 millions of speakers

English

unfathomable
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अथाह
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لا يسبر غوره
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

непостижимое
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

insondável
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অতল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

insondable
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak dapat diduga
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unergründlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

深さが測れない
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

헤아릴 수없는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ora pantes
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không thể dò được
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆழங்காணவியலாத
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अथक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dipsiz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

insondabile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niezgłębione
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

незбагненне
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

insondabil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανεξιχνίαστο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onpeilbare
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

unfathomable
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

uutgrunnelig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unfathomable

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNFATHOMABLE»

The term «unfathomable» is quite widely used and occupies the 44.761 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNFATHOMABLE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unfathomable

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10 QUOTES WITH «UNFATHOMABLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word unfathomable.
1
Aberjhani
Movies can provide tear-inducing or comically-entertaining representations of love, but many agree that its deeper conflicting complexities often seem unfathomable.
2
Diane Arbus
Love involves a peculiar unfathomable combination of understanding and misunderstanding.
3
Jonathan Dee
New York is ultimately not the synthesis but merely the sum of its unfathomable subjectivities, its personal histories, its uncategorisable figures.
4
Colin Egglesfield
It's sad to see such institutions as 'All My Children' and some of the others, like 'Guiding Light,' which have been on the air for, like, 40 or 50 years. It's almost unfathomable to see that they actually aren't going to be on the air anymore. It's really sad.
5
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Every human life involves an unfathomable mystery, for man is the riddle of the universe, and the riddle of man in his endowment with personal capacities.
6
William Godwin
To him it is an ocean, unfathomable, and without a shore.
7
Yayoi Kusama
With just one polka dot, nothing can be achieved. In the universe, there is the sun, the moon, the earth, and hundreds of millions of stars. All of us live in the unfathomable mystery and infinitude of the universe. Pursuing 'philosophy of the universe' through art under such circumstances has led me to what I call 'stereotypical repetition.'
8
Drummond Money-Coutts
Being able to elicit the feeling of the unfathomable in intelligent adults is like falling in love.
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Dylan Moran
Maybe this is just me, but as time goes by, I'm more bewildered by modernity. It gets more unfathomable with every passing year.
10
Evgeny Morozov
Just as Josef K, the protagonist of Kafka's 'The Trial,' awoke one day to discover that he had become part of some unfathomable legal carnival, we, too are frequently waking to discover that the rules of the digital game have once again profoundly changed.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNFATHOMABLE»

Discover the use of unfathomable in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unfathomable and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Unfathomable City: A New Orleans Atlas
"A reinvention of the traditional atlas that provides a vivid, complex look at the multifaceted nature of New Orleans, a city replete with contradictions.
Rebecca Solnit, Rebecca Snedeker, 2013
2
Pamphlet Architecture 34: Fathoming the Unfathomable
The competition for Pamphlet Architecture 33 asked previous authors in the series to nominate the architects and theorists whose work represents the most exciting design and research in the field today.
Nat Chard, Perry Kulper, 2013
3
A Weird Unfathomable Ordinary Everyday Life
They are correspondents in an almost 19th century sense-although they know about (and even use) computers and the telephone, this book was produced without a single e-mail or phone call.
William Bridges, Dianne Jenkins, 2009
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Eyes Deep with Unfathomable Histories: The Poetics and ...
This volume was inspired by two areas: the first one was the writings of Pauline Melville, a British novelist, a poet and actress with Wapisiana (South American Indian) ancestry, and the second by Canadian magic realism.
Liliana Sikorska, Agnieszka Rzepa, 2012
5
The Indescribable God: Divine Otherness in Christian Theology
These are then associated with God's “unfathomable nature.” He writes, “This is a true statement of the mystery of that unfathomable nature which is ex- pressed by the Name 'Father': God invisible, ineffable, infinite” (De Trin. 2.6).15 According ...
Barry D. Smith, 2012
6
Child of Destiny: A War Orphan's Unfathomable Journey of ...
Her father was an American serviceman, her mother a young Korean woman confused by the ravages of war.
Stephanie Fast, 2013
7
Goethe, Nietzsche, and Wagner: Their Spinozan Epics of Love ...
This pathetic picture of Zarathustra in his helpless condition makes a dramatic contrast with the mighty picture of his sun- like radiance in Part I. Instead of flying across the sky, he was sinking into the unfathomable ocean only to meet the ...
T. K. Seung, 2006
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The Only Three Questions That Count: Investing by Knowing ...
Fathoming the unfathomable by definition seems unfathomable, so most folks donât try. However, like Question One, it doesnât require any additional scholarship, genetic superiority, or magical superhero powers. All you need is Question ...
Ken Fisher, 2008
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Unfathomable Depths: Drawing Wisdom for Today from a ...
Unfathomable Depths presents a concise treatment of Soto theory and practice, while delivering approachable and workable advice from one of Zen's most esteemed teachers.
Sekkei Harada, 2014
10
Screen Saver
One of the byproducts of the unfathomable quantity of film, which was stored in a specially designed climate controlled environment, was an unfathomable quantity of empty film containers. These containers had been used for shipping the film ...
Noel McKeehan, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNFATHOMABLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unfathomable is used in the context of the following news items.
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Patriots owner Robert Kraft calls Roger Goodell's decision on Tom …
Kraft called the league's decision “unfathomable” and said he was “wrong to put my faith in the league.” “I've come to the conclusion that this was never about ... «New York Daily News, Jul 15»
2
Assessing the Legality of Sandra Bland's Arrest
“Based on the Sandy that I knew, that's unfathomable to me,” another sister of Ms. Bland's, Sharon Cooper, said at a news conference in Chicago. Additional ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
3
Family of Sandy Bland, Found Dead in Texas Jail, Calls Suicide …
The family of a 28-year-old woman found dead in a Texas jail say it's "unfathomable" that she would have killed herself, and want more information from ... «NBCNews.com, Jul 15»
4
'Insidious and unfathomable': Chattanooga rocked by shooting
Police officers approached the bullet-riddled door of the Armed Forces Career Center in Chattanooga, Tenn., the first site the gunman attacked Thursday. «Dallas Morning News, Jul 15»
5
Mike Mayo Slams 'Unfathomable' Executive Pay Plan at Synovus
“It's unfathomable to think that a bank would have pay connected to specific loan growth targets after the financial crisis,” he added. Recommended post. «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
6
The 'Unfathomable' Pursuit of Personal Tunneling
When Leanne Wijnsma digs a tunnel, it needs to be in a public place. She marks the spot where it will begin and the spot where it will end, and she begins. «Atlas Obscura, Jun 15»
7
'Unfathomable': Police continue search for 'very dangerous …
Charleston Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr. called the shooting "an unfathomable and unspeakable act by somebody filled with hate and with a deranged mind.". «PennLive.com, Jun 15»
8
LeBron James' unfathomable workload
"It's unfathomable to go across the country from Cleveland to San Francisco -- at the very least a five-hour flight -- and then play 50 minutes in a game the next ... «ESPN, Jun 15»
9
Unfathomable: Geert Goiris' futuristic objects in abandoned …
"The atmosphere is acting like a lens.” The Belgium photographer's first UK exhibition, in which he explores the idea of of a deep, immeasurable space, is on ... «British Journal of Photography, Jun 15»
10
Mark Moore's murder binge remains unfathomable: DiManno
He killed Jahmeel Spence because he didn't like Greenbrae Circuit and the father of two just happened to be walking down a laneway in that neighbourhood ... «Toronto Star, May 15»

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