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fathomless adjective ( DEEP )

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Definition

too deep to be measured
a fathomless ocean
figurative She gazed into the fathomless depths of his brown eyes.

(Definition of fathomless adjective (DEEP) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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