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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
In Grasso’s Garage this week, another wagon, but with unfathomable usage, power, styling, and, most importantly, comfort!
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Marc D. Grasso, Boston Herald, 15 Jan. 2026
In his four years as a starter at Boise State, Moore went an unfathomable 50-3.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 15 Jan. 2026
Just an unfathomable thing, given the talent available and how excellent this club has been at nearly everything else.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 14 Jan. 2026
Wembanyama, with an unfathomable ability to elongate into plays with three capable guards flanking him (De’Aaron Fox, Steph Castle and Dylan Harper combined for a modest 46 points Tuesday), poses a threat worthy of OKC’s critical thinking.
—Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
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Marc D. Grasso, Boston Herald, 15 Jan. 2026
In his four years as a starter at Boise State, Moore went an unfathomable 50-3.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 15 Jan. 2026
Just an unfathomable thing, given the talent available and how excellent this club has been at nearly everything else.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 14 Jan. 2026
Wembanyama, with an unfathomable ability to elongate into plays with three capable guards flanking him (De’Aaron Fox, Steph Castle and Dylan Harper combined for a modest 46 points Tuesday), poses a threat worthy of OKC’s critical thinking.
—Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfathomable
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The glitch hit at a moment when Gen Z was already questioning how recommendation systems distort reality, serve irrelevant life‑stage content, and turn every feed into an infinite scroll of lowest‑common‑denominator virality.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026
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The falling dews seemed to strain and purify the air, and I was soothed with an infinite stillness.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Even seemingly outlandish and incomprehensible claims called in to tip lines were examined.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 Feb. 2026
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Even seemingly outlandish and incomprehensible claims, called in to tip lines, were examined.—
Michael R. Sisak,
Fortune,
8 Feb. 2026
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The Boone area may be home to three different ski resorts—Appalachian Ski Mountain, Sugar Mountain Resort, and Beech Mountain Resort—but America’s Best Small Mountain Town also has endless appeal for travelers who’d rather not spend all day zooming down the mountain.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Feb. 2026
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The accolades were endless for Miranda in 2025.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
5 Feb. 2026
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For several months, a mysterious sign displayed in the windows of vacant storefront in Shorewood has intrigued passersby along Capitol Drive.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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To anyone who's gotten a bill three months after treatment only to find mysterious charges, the idea seemed intuitive.—
Darius Tahir,
NPR,
10 Feb. 2026
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And with several shots of the sneaker throughout the park, the resemblance between the two is uncanny.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Recently, Boston Dynamics explained Atlas’s uncanny ground-recovery move, revealing why the humanoid rises with contortions rather than standing upright.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Feb. 2026
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Despite being grouped together under the Miao umbrella, the four groups have little in common today, and their languages are different enough as to be unintelligible between groups.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
31 Jan. 2026
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Transcribers often complained that the wax recordings were unintelligible—dictators needed to speak directly into the speaking tube, loudly, clearly, and at an appropriate pace, but many did not.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
6 Jan. 2026
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Frady is caught in something confusing and unexpected, his stance of paranoid preparedness unable to outmaneuver this, and what’s coming.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
5 Feb. 2026
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Jama says his arrest was confusing and scary.—
Esme Murphy,
CBS News,
5 Feb. 2026
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With the Games comes the quadrennial tradition of casual sports fans becoming experts in esoteric sports—for a couple weeks, at least.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026
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Much of the group’s cosmology derives from The Urantia Book, a mishmash of Christianity, metaphysics, and esoteric spirituality, that was purportedly written by celestial beings and published anonymously in 1955.—
Jane Borden,
Rolling Stone,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Unfathomable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfathomable. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.
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