fathomless

[ fath-uhm-lis ]

/ ˈfæð əm lɪs /

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adjective

impossible to measure the depth of; bottomless.

impossible to understand; incomprehensible: fathomless motives.

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Origin of fathomless

First recorded in 1600–10; fathom + -less

OTHER WORDS FROM fathomless

fath·om·less·ly, adverb

Words nearby fathomless

father substitute, Father Time, fathogram, fathom, Fathometer, fathomless, fatidic, fatigable, fatigue, fatigue clothes, fatigued

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How to use fathomless in a sentence

Of course, no one should blame the intellectuals for not being able to grasp our fathomless economic mess.
The Intellectual Crash of 2009|Lee Siegel|March 25, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Some fathomless millpool would hold Michael and Alan with its hollow waterfall and overarching trees and gigantic pike.
Sinister Street, vol. 1|Compton Mackenzie
The Southern night had fallen; the stars came out by countless thousands in the calm fathomless sky.
Sarchedon|G. J. (George John) Whyte-Melville
Squadrons of cavalry fell upon fields of ice, and men and horses were precipitated into fathomless depths below.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851|Various

Her eyes were not the quiet, solemn eyes of the little princess of his fairy tales, but the deep, fathomless eyes of a maiden.
David Dunne|Belle Kanaris Maniates
Burying trails, filling canyons with fathomless depths of snow, it might shut them away from all the outside world.
Gypsy Flight|Roy J. Snell

British Dictionary definitions for fathomless

fathomless

/ (ˈfæðəmlɪs) /

adjective

another word for unfathomable

Derived forms of fathomless

fathomlessly, adverbfathomlessness, noun

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fathomless

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