as in infinite
being or seeming to be without limits
impresses everyone with her fathomless knowledge of wildcats
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Recent Examples of fathomless
Think of the famous scene: wise men navigating by the stars—flaming constellations against a fathomless sky—searching the dank nooks of Rome’s empire for an incandescent child.
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Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2024
Their relationship climaxes with a verbal showdown late in the season that is almost unbearable to watch, as Sanada and Nishioka summon the fathomless love and respect underlying the confrontation.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 27 Feb. 2024
The government’s sporadic but incessant updating of agency rules and procedures have done little to stymie routine abuses of the 702 data—which is currently fathomless.
—WIRED, 7 Nov. 2023
In the days since the attacks, many have searched for historical parallels to try to make sense of the fathomless violence.
—Foreign Affairs, 27 Oct. 2023
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Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2024
Their relationship climaxes with a verbal showdown late in the season that is almost unbearable to watch, as Sanada and Nishioka summon the fathomless love and respect underlying the confrontation.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 27 Feb. 2024
The government’s sporadic but incessant updating of agency rules and procedures have done little to stymie routine abuses of the 702 data—which is currently fathomless.
—WIRED, 7 Nov. 2023
In the days since the attacks, many have searched for historical parallels to try to make sense of the fathomless violence.
—Foreign Affairs, 27 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fathomless
Adjective
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Now, a convergence of Big Pharma and venture capital investment is betting billions that artificial intelligence can finally decode this infinite complexity.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
23 Jan. 2026
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Khoresht, or stews, are the foundation of Iranian home cooking, with infinite regional and seasonal variations that vary by household.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Awe because the steppe is endless and keeps coming and coming at your eyes.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Jan. 2026
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This software trap, driven by endless upgrade cycles, represents a structural problem — one that software support specialist Origina, headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, and Plano, Texas, has made its mission to solve.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Fathomless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fathomless. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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