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unfathomed

unfathomed adjective: of unknown depth.

Adjective

unfathomed (not comparable)

  1. Of unknown depth.
    • Youth is not less averse from change; but that is from exaggeration of its consequences, for all seems to the young so important, and so fatal. They are timid, because they know not what they fear; hopeful, because they know not what they expect. Despite their gayety of confidence, they yet dread...1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Age and Youth”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 8
    • As she told me, I was naught to her, and never shall be through the unfathomed depths of Time, unless, indeed, conditions alter, and a day comes at last when two men may love one woman, and all three be happy in the fact.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
  2. Not explored or understood.
    • Man does vvith dangerous Curioſity / Theſe unfathom'd VVonders try: / VVith fancy'd Rules and Arbitrary Lavvs / Matter and Motion he reſtrains, / And ſtudy'd Lines and fictious Circles dravvs; […]1688, Mat[thew] Prior, “On Exodus 3. 14. I Am that I Am. An Ode. […]”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], published 1709, →OCLC, stanza VI, page 4

Examples of unfathomed in a sentence

  • Despite their gayety of confidence, they yet dread the first plunge into life's unfathomed deep.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Age and Youth”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […]...
  • She shall not dodge me though she hide in unfathomed waters, or in the earth's bosom, or in lonely woods, or on crags!”1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 35:

Origin of unfathomed

From un- + fathomed.

Questions about unfathomed

What does unfathomed mean?
Unfathomed means of unknown depth.
How do you use unfathomed in a sentence?
Despite their gayety of confidence, they yet dread the first plunge into life's unfathomed deep.
What part of speech is unfathomed?
Unfathomed is an adjective.

Words near unfathomed in the dictionary

  1. unfathom
  2. unfathomability
  3. unfathomable
  4. unfathomableness
  5. unfathomably
  6. unfathomed
  7. unfathoming
  8. unfathomless
  9. unfathoms
  10. unfatigable
  11. unfatiguable

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