unfathomable
pronunciation
How to pronounce unfathomable in British English:
UK [ʌnˈfæðəməbl]
How to pronounce unfathomable in American English:
US [ʌnˈfæðəməbəl]
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- Adjective:
- of depth; not capable of being sounded or measured
- so deep as to be unmeasurable
- impossible to come to understand
Word Origin
- unfathomable (adj.)
- 1610s, originally in the figurative sense, of feelings, conditions, etc., from un- (1) "not" + fathomable. Literal sense attested from 1670s. Related: Unfathomably.
Example
- 1. Apple 's recently ended mac versus pc campaign went to lengths to paint pcs as buggy , insecure , and just plain dull-albeit harmless and likeable-while for some unfathomable reason choosing to portray macs as , well , complete asshats .
- 2. That 's what made the violence particularly unfathomable .
- 3. It looks so mystique and so unfathomable .
- 4. Like so many academics , he hides behind a lot of unfathomable hocus-pocus .
- 5. Prescott went on to unfathomable wall street riches and infamy , after he was tried and charged with money laundering for the nazis during wwii .