UNFATHOMABLE


Meaning of UNFATHOMABLE in English

1.

If you describe something as ~, you mean that it cannot be understood or explained, usually because it is very strange or complicated.

For some ~ reason, there are no stairs where there should be...

How odd life was, how ~, how profoundly unjust.

= inexplicable

ADJ

2.

If you use ~ to describe a person or the expression on their face, you mean that you cannot tell what they are thinking or what they intend to do. (LITERARY)

...a strange, ~ and unpredictable individual.

...the dark eyes that right now seemed opaque and ~.

= inscrutable

ADJ

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