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発音

• IPA^(key): /ʌnˈfæðəməbəl/, /ʌnˈfæðməbəl/

形容詞

unfathomable (comparative more unfathomable, superlative most unfathomable)

1. Impossible to fathom or understand.

   Synonyms: fathomless, incomprehensible, unintelligible; see also Thesaurus:incomprehensible

   Antonyms: explicable, intelligible; see also Thesaurus:comprehensible

   The sheer numbers they attacked with were unfathomable.

   • 2013 April 9, Andrei Lankov, “Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff.”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Suggestions that those leaders are irrational and their decisions unfathomable are remarkably shallow. North Korea is not a theocracy led by zealots who preach the rewards of the afterlife.

2. Difficult to penetrate.

   Synonyms: impenetrable, impregnable

   Antonyms: penetrable, pregnable

派生語

• unfathomability
• unfathomableness