unfathomable

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  1. adjective Difficult or impossible to understand; incomprehensible: unfathomable theories.
  2. adjective Difficult or impossible to measure: the unfathomable depths.

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  • Ash stared at me, his expression unfathomable behind his own mask, but I could've cared less what he or Ted or anyone else thought. —  Asimov'sSF,January2008
  • The aunt ;s expression unfathomable as she watched them. —  The Shipping News
  • She was wearing something unfathomable - 'roman' style - purple thing, but both my friends liked it.
  • It seems unfathomable-nearly three dozen terrorist training compounds in the U.S. and the FBI, Homeland Security, and State Department are no help at all? —  Refugee Resettlement Watch
  • Its not that any other career is unfathomable (I think it is just a rhetorical trick to say otherwise - for everyone, there are several careers you could be satisfied with and perhaps grow to enjoy) its just that everything else seems so clearly inferior. —  The Austrian Economists
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