† unsoundableadj.1
Obsolete. rare.
Not sounding well; improper.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unfittingness > [adjective]
unbecomelyc1200
uncomelyc1230
unsetec1325
unconablea1340
unhonestc1380
unsitting1390
undue1398
ungainanda1400
disconvenienta1425
unjustc1443
unconvenient1450
unsoundablec1450
inconvenientc1460
unorderly1471
mis-seeminga1522
unconvenable1542
undecent1546
ungreeing1560
graceless1562
unsetting1567
unhovable1570
ill1586
uncouth1589
unfittinga1592
unbeseeming1593
seemless1596
unbecoming1598
unbefitting1598
ill-seta1627
unbeseemly1648
ungainlya1660
indecorous1681
paw-paw1723
ungain-like1796
jive1971
society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adjective]
unbecomelyc1200
uncomelyc1230
unseemlya1300
unsetec1325
unseemly1338
unconablea1340
unseeminga1340
uncovenablec1374
unsitting1390
undue1398
ungainanda1400
unseemc1425
unjustc1443
unconvenient1450
unsoundablec1450
unhonestc1503
inconvenienta1513
mis-seeminga1522
unconvenable1542
undecent1546
graceless1562
unsetting1567
indecent1570
misbecoming1589
misbeseeming1589
uncouth1589
unbeseeming1593
seemless1596
unbecoming1598
unbefitting1598
wry1601
disbecominga1639
unbeseemly1648
improper1739
ugly1879
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adjective] > unseemly
unthewfulc1050
unbecomelyc1200
unhend?c1225
uncomelyc1230
unseemlya1300
unsetec1325
unconablea1340
uncovenablec1374
unsitting1390
undue1398
ungainanda1400
unlikelya1425
unconvenient1450
unsoundablec1450
unorderly1471
unhonestc1503
inconvenienta1513
mis-seeminga1522
unconvenable1542
undecent1546
unsetting1567
indecent1570
uncouth1589
unfittinga1592
unbeseeming1593
seemless1596
unbecoming1598
unbefitting1598
unbeseemly1648
untoward1658
indecorous1682
ungain-like1796
c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 408 It wer ane vnsondabyll thyng to do, if it sulde be taryd with þe & he left þat hase.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
unsoundableadj.2
Incapable of being sounded; unfathomable.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > extension downwards or depth > [adjective] > very
groundlessc888
bottomlessc1400
profound?a1425
neal1574
soundlessc1595
insoundable1602
gulfy1607
unbottomed1615
depthless1619
unsoundable1629
chin-deep1634
fathomless1638
abysming1644
unfounded1648
abysmal1656
plumbless1665
unfathomablea1676
chasmy1793
fathom-deep1835
plummetlessc1861
chasmal1871
abyssal1903
1629 T. Jackson Treat. Divine Essence i. 43 Some Schoole-braines have beene so puzled in passing this unsoundable gulfe, as to suspect [etc.].
1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 216 The so famous Nile..sallying, as some say, out of an unsoundable lake.
a1684 R. Leighton Pract. Comm. 1st Epist. Peter (1693) I. 295 The thoughts of God are..deep, and unsoundable by us.
1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present iii. xi. 269 There shall be a depth of Silence in thee..: a Silence unsoundable.
1884 Graphic 4 Oct. 358/2 His eyes will be large, black, with long lashes and unsoundable.
1897 S. Baring-Gould Guavas the Tinner vii One track..betwixt unsoundable bogs.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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