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onbegrijpelijk — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • fathomless adj Very deep (especially of water deeper than a lead line can measure); bottomless, immeasurable.
  • impenetrable adj Impossible to pass through or enter.
  • incomprehensible adj So confusing or badly explained that it cannot be understood.
  • unfathomable adj So deep that it cannot be measured.
  • unintelligible adjective Impossible or very hard to understand.

Senses

onbegrijpelijk is used for these senses in English:

  • fathomless (by extension) unfathomable or incomprehensible.
  • impenetrable (figuratively) Incomprehensible; fathomless; inscrutable.
  • incomprehensible Impossible or very difficult to understand.
  • unfathomable (figurative) Impossible to grasp the extent of, or to fully know or understand.
  • unfathomably In an unfathomable manner; beyond understanding.
  • unintelligible Not intelligible; unable to be understood.

fathomless — full definition

  1. adj Very deep (especially of water deeper than a lead line can measure); bottomless, immeasurable.
  2. adj unfathomable or incomprehensible.

impenetrable — full definition

  1. adj Impossible to pass through or enter.
  2. adj Too complicated or unclear to understand.

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