"fathomless" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈfæ.ðəm.ləs/ [US], /ˈfæ.ðəm.lɪs/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Qwertygiy-fathomless.wav Forms: more fathomless [comparative], most fathomless [superlative]
Etymology: From 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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 90 10 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 98 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of 'very deep': 97 3 Disambiguation of 'bottomless': 66 34
  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': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: unknowable Derived forms: fathomlessly
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