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ondoorgrondelijk — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abstruse adj Difficult to comprehend or understand; obscure.
  • fathomless adj Very deep (especially of water deeper than a lead line can measure); bottomless, immeasurable.
  • inscrutable adj Impossible to understand or interpret; mysterious.
  • unfathomable adj So deep that it cannot be measured.

Senses

ondoorgrondelijk is used for these senses in English:

  • abstruse Difficult to comprehend or understand; obscure. [from mid 16th c.]
  • fathomless (by extension) unfathomable or incomprehensible.
  • inscrutable Difficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom, or interpret.
  • unfathomable (figurative) Impossible to grasp the extent of, or to fully know or understand.

abstruse — full definition

  1. adj Difficult to comprehend or understand; obscure.
  2. adj Concealed or hidden; secret.

fathomless — full definition

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

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