unfathomable

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective of depth; not capable of being sounded or measured
  2. adjective resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable
  3. adjective impossible to come to understand

Etymology

From un- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + fathom (“to measure the depth of (water); (figurative) to deeply understand (someone or something)”) + -able (suffix forming adjectives denoting things not able or fit to be done).

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