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unplumbed

American  
[uhn-pluhmd] / ʌnˈplʌmd /

adjective

  1. not plumbed; not tested or measured with a plumb line.

  2. not understood or explored in depth, as an idea, theory, feeling, or experience.


unplumbed British  
/ ʌnˈplʌmd /

adjective

  1. unfathomed; unsounded

  2. not understood in depth

  3. (of a building) having no plumbing

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of unplumbed

First recorded in 1615–25; un- 1 + plumb + -ed 3


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If this is the last time we see Jost and Che as “Update” hosts, at least we’ll know they left no depths unplumbed.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2025

In a fictional space realm, the largely unplumbed stories of Star Wars’ creatures give us something real and undeniably affecting to cling to.

From Salon ● May 4, 2024

Fohr explores every nuance in her voice, soaring and diving to unplumbed depths against a backdrop of her core band and an orchestra.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 21, 2021

Today, the society of entrepreneurial individuals competing in the rational market reveals unplumbed depths of misery and despair; it spawns a nihilistic rebellion against order itself.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 8, 2016

In her case it was an unshakable conviction regarding the yet unplumbed event.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

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