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unfathomless

unfathomless adjective: fathomless.

Adjective

unfathomless (comparative more unfathomless, superlative most unfathomless)

  1. (proscribed) fathomless
    • I painted myself an admirer of all that was strong: a rocky mountain, an unfathomless abyss, […]1957, Enrique K. Laygo, Masks, page 149

Forms of unfathomless

comparativemore unfathomless
superlativemost unfathomless

Origin of unfathomless

Presumably by confusion of unfathomed (or unfathomable) and fathomless.

Questions about unfathomless

What does unfathomless mean?
Unfathomless means fathomless.
What part of speech is unfathomless?
Unfathomless is an adjective.

Words near unfathomless in the dictionary

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

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