different between unfathomable vs involved

English

Etymology

un- +? fathom +? -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?fæð?m?b?l/, /?n?fæðm?b?l/

Adjective

unfathomable (comparative more unfathomable, superlative most unfathomable)

1. Impossible to fathom or understand.

   Synonyms: fathomless, incomprehensible, unintelligible; see also Thesaurus:incomprehensible

   Antonyms: explicable, intelligible; see also Thesaurus:comprehensible
2. Difficult to penetrate.

   Synonyms: impenetrable, impregnable

   Antonyms: penetrable, pregnable

Derived terms

• unfathomability
• unfathomableness

Translations

See also

• unfathomed
• unimaginable
• inconceivable

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?v?lvd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?v?lvd/
• Hyphenation: in?volved

Adjective

involved (comparative more involved, superlative most involved)

1. complicated.

   He related an involved story about every ancestor since 1895.

   • 1915, W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage, ch. 43

     Miss Price told him a long, involved story, which made out that Mrs. Otter, a humdrum and respectable little person, had scabrous intrigues.

2. Associated with others, be a participant or make someone be a participant (in a crime, process, etc.)

   He was involved in the project for three years.

   He got involved in a bar fight.

   When the family wrapped up my father's will, no one tried to make me feel involved.

3. Having an affair with someone.

Derived terms

• involvedly
• involvedness

Translations

Verb

involved

1. simple past tense and past participle of involve

   The explanation involved potatoes, squirrels, and race cars.