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unfathomable

[uhn-fath-uh-muh-buhl] / ʌnˈfæð ə mə bəl /




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New York hasn’t seen this level of basketball fandom since the 2012 days of “Linsanity,” when guard Jeremy Lin suddenly started scoring baskets for the Knicks at an unfathomable rate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Judge Kathaleen McCormick called the pay-out an "unfathomable sum", and argued Musk had influenced the company's board and shareholders - 75% of which voted to back his pay deal.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Japan is facing inflation for the first time in decades, with core inflation rising 2% to 3%, unfathomable a decade ago in the depths of Japan’s deflationary rout.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

He doted on the music of Rachmaninoff when Rachmaninoff was unfashionable and on Steve Reich when Reich was found unfathomable.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

Yet each resident had hidden terrors that lurked like sea monsters in the murky bottom of an unfathomable lagoon.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter




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