"fathomless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more fathomless [comparative], most fathomless [superlative]
Etymology: fathom + -less Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fathom|less}} fathom + -less Head templates: {{en-adj}} fathomless (comparative more fathomless, superlative most fathomless)
  1. Very deep (especially of water deeper than a lead line can measure); bottomless, immeasurable. Synonyms (very deep): soundless Translations (bottomless): бездънен (bezdǎnen) (Bulgarian), неизмерим (neizmerim) (Bulgarian), bodemloos (Dutch), sans fond (French), უძირო (uʒiro) (Georgian), განუზომლად ღრმა (ganuzomlad ɣrma) (Georgian), განუზომელი სიღრმის (ganuzomeli siɣrmis) (Georgian)
    Sense id: en-fathomless-en-adj-zBBVvtmR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 87 13 Disambiguation of 'very deep': 97 3 Disambiguation of 'bottomless': 90 10
  2. (by extension) unfathomable or incomprehensible. Tags: broadly Synonyms (incomprehensible): ungraspable Translations (unfathomable or incomprehensible): неразбираем (nerazbiraem) (Bulgarian), ondoorgrondelijk (Dutch), onbegrijpelijk (Dutch), გაუგებარი (gaugebari) (Georgian), ჩაუწვდომელი (čauc̣vdomeli) (Georgian)
    Sense id: en-fathomless-en-adj-diqcS38V Disambiguation of 'incomprehensible': 3 97 Disambiguation of 'unfathomable or incomprehensible': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: unknowable Derived forms: fathomlessly

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