adjective
- too deep to measure or reach the bottom of; extremely deep
- impossible to understand or comprehend; mysterious or inscrutable
Usage: literal use, often nautical or geographic
Usage: figurative use
Examples
- The ocean's fathomless depths remain largely unexplored.
- She stared into his eyes with a fathomless expression.
- The ancient text contained fathomless mysteries that scholars still debate.
- The well appeared fathomless, dropping far beyond the reach of any rope.
- His fathomless wisdom seemed to come from years of experience.
- The canyon's fathomless gorge stretched endlessly below us.