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unfathomability

/ʌnˈfæðəməbɪləti/

unfathomability noun: the quality of being unfathomable.

Noun

unfathomability (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being unfathomable.
    • It is as the infinitesimal droplet of the ordinary aqueous fluid in the bounding and boundless ocean of unfathomability.1874, George William Bagby, Caesar Maurice, What I Did with My Fifty Millions, J.B. Lippincott and Company, page 50
    • The motives operating on a man do not explain his act till we know what sort of a man he is; and this, his original disposition or character, is a mere datum or brute fact. Things are so and so, and no reasons, ultimately, can be given for them. This unaccountability and unfathomability of the...1890, Hegeler Institute, Edward C. Hegeler, Paul Carus, The Monist, Open Court for the Hegeler Institute, pages 10–11

Origin of unfathomability

From un- + fathom + -ability.

Questions about unfathomability

What does unfathomability mean?
Unfathomability means the quality of being unfathomable.
What part of speech is unfathomability?
Unfathomability is a noun.
How do you pronounce unfathomability?
Unfathomability is pronounced /ʌnˈfæðəməbɪləti/.

Words near unfathomability in the dictionary

  1. unfatherlike
  2. unfatherliness
  3. unfatherly
  4. unfathers
  5. unfathom
  6. unfathomability
  7. unfathomable
  8. unfathomableness
  9. unfathomably
  10. unfathomed
  11. unfathoming

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