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Unfathomable Pronunciation
Unfathomable is pronounced uhn-FA-dhuh-muh-buhl, IPA /ənˈfæðəməbəl/.
uhn-FA-dhuh-muh-buhl
US /ənˈfæðəməbəl/ · UK /ʌnˈfæðəməbəl/
Syllables: uhn · FA · dhuh · muh · buhl (5 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
adjective: Impossible to understand or to measure.
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Unfathomable in a Sentence
- The decision is unfathomable to anyone outside the building.
- There is an unfathomable gap between the two accounts.
- She found his patience unfathomable.
Common Mispronunciations of Unfathomable
Not uhn-FA-thuh-muh-buhl
Let the voice run through that th so it buzzes, as father and bother do. The breathy one belongs to bath and path.
Not uhn-fa-THOH-muh-buhl
FA takes the push in second place, and the three beats behind it run away without a full vowel among them.
Tip: A fathom is six feet of water, so something unfathomable cannot be reached with a sounding line.
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