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
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.
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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
What to do when your life’s oldest, most familiar anchor is sent chain-snapped to the bottom of the fathomless sea?
—Tom Bissell, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023
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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
What to do when your life’s oldest, most familiar anchor is sent chain-snapped to the bottom of the fathomless sea?
—Tom Bissell, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fathomless
Adjective
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The cost to a believer of wrongly placing faith is trivial, but the cost of disbelieving if God exists could be infinite.—
Toby Stuart,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
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Is she trapped in domesticity, or do the doors represent infinite ways out?—
Sally Jane Brown,
The Conversation,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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To acquire the papers of such a preeminent writer making work at the very top of his game will provide endless inspiration and insight to generations of creatives and researchers.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Oct. 2025
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When executed properly, the process triggers endless reactions to make energy for electricity.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Fathomless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fathomless. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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