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fathomless

[fath-uhm-lis] / ˈfæð əm lɪs /
ADJECTIVE
abysmal
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Scene by scene, Ms. Alexander deftly conveys the mounting burden of Carol’s exhaustion and fathomless sadness in the face of this.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

To feel and smell the reality of 12.4 million square miles of frozen expanse, to place upon a scale the fathomless weight of that much ice pressed upon the earth, left me winded.

From Salon • May 29, 2023

The end of the shipping container is open, and I stare into that fathomless black square, listening.

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2023

I’ll pull out just one such gem, for it illustrates the timeliness of the author’s approach to the fathomless depths of his subject.

From Washington Post • Oct. 25, 2022

He saw that in this dusty and fathomless matter of learning the true name of every place, thing, and being, the power he wanted lay like a jewel at the bottom of a dry well.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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