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as in infinite
being or seeming to be without limits
the unfathomable reaches of space
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as in incomprehensible
impossible to understand
for some unfathomable reason the family decided to venture out into the blizzard
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Recent Examples of unfathomable
Otherwise, Makar will be wincing through pain trying to explain the unfathomable, Blackwood will be dropping F-bombs in disbelief and MacKinnon will be ducking reporters despite being the team’s best player.
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Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
11 June 2026
Once again, the Spurs won the first quarter, this time, 41-22, increasing their first-quarter cushion on the series to an unfathomable 47 points.
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Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
11 June 2026
Not long ago, the idea of artificial intelligence (AI) playing a role in denim production seemed almost unfathomable.
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Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
8 June 2026
After the still-unfathomable firing of Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson in 2023, ESPN tried to fill the void with Doc Rivers, who, to the surprise of ESPN executives (but few others), left to coach again just five months into the job.
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Andrew Marchand,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
11 June 2026
Once again, the Spurs won the first quarter, this time, 41-22, increasing their first-quarter cushion on the series to an unfathomable 47 points.
—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
11 June 2026
Not long ago, the idea of artificial intelligence (AI) playing a role in denim production seemed almost unfathomable.
—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
8 June 2026
After the still-unfathomable firing of Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson in 2023, ESPN tried to fill the void with Doc Rivers, who, to the surprise of ESPN executives (but few others), left to coach again just five months into the job.
—
Andrew Marchand,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfathomable
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Fast attention is served in quick hits, infinite scroll and the algorithm choosing what is being consumed.
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Once the algorithm kicked in, I was served an infinite scroll of videos from women who’d had facelifts all over the world, from Beverly Hills to Istanbul.
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To make a lunge like that, with his studs up, seemed incomprehensible, never mind dangerous.
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That principle has crumbled so far in the face of Wembanyama’s combination of incomprehensible on-court abilities, youthful enthusiasm and cosmopolitan-unto-eccentric savoir faire.
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Modern drivers might recognize it as the spiritual ancestor of today’s endless electronic nagging.
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Since the team outlasted the Spurs, 94-90, on Saturday, June 13 in San Antonio, Knicks players have been riding high with nonstop media appearances and near-endless celebrations.
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Translation is a very mysterious thing because my goal is to create something that’s deeply equivalent but uses zero of the same words.
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That is until their husbands are killed under mysterious circumstances in the USSR, and the pair become CIA operatives.
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Or a cartoony hamburger that is doing a little too much — the cheese drip a little too textured, the shine on the bun a little uncanny.
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Strong opening performances have fueled this intensity, which paradoxically arises from their uncanny parallels as footballing nations.
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The world premiere on Sunday – in the presence of Illumination boss Chris Meledandri and director Pierre Coffin, who is also the origin of the minions’ unintelligible chatter – kicks off one of the biggest Annecy Film Festival’s yet.
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The adversaries made for a striking scene, exchanging insults in mutually unintelligible languages in the dead of night.
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Those themes are compelling on paper, but they’re expressed through a confusing mix of abstraction and hyper-local specificity, hidden beneath biker rock riffs, and obscured through Allbrook’s wiry, wailing vocal delivery.
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Project proposals said the lanes are underutilized and confusing to drivers.
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His esoteric sidewalk pasta pop-up, Estrano, happens sporadically.
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Such a fracture would normally sink a band, especially one that had been active for a decade, with five ambitious, esoteric albums to their credit and a solid, but perhaps not growing, fan base.
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“Unfathomable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfathomable. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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