fathom
noun
a unit of length equal to six feet (1.8 meters): used chiefly in nautical measurements. fath
unfathomed
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a word derived from
fathom.
Example Sentences
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“All around hangs a slumber upon these halls, and things as yet unfathomed still occur,” the Fraulein intones like a sleepwalker.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 19, 2020
The Vatican is still grappling with the consequences of Benedict’s gesture and its yet unfathomed ramifications.
From Time ● Feb. 26, 2013
Reeling Mets Hit Bottom After a summer full of degradation and defeat, the on Thursday burrowed to a previously unfathomed nadir.
From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2012
Though very different from Carver's deliberately unfathomed ending, the way Everything Must Go answers Carver's invitation to the reader—to project as he or she pleases—is a tribute of another sort.
From Time ● May 12, 2011
It is admitted by profound thinkers that the brain and its functions is an unfathomed mystery, and that investigators must be content with what may be called secondary causes and effects.
From Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science by Hudson Tuttle
