Meanings
adjectiveunplumbed (comparative more unplumbed, superlative most unplumbed)
comparative more unplumbed · superlative most unplumbed
- Not measured for depth, with or as if with a plumb.
The unplumbed depths of the sea will remain a mystery to land-bound humans.
- figurativelyNot assayed or measured in any way.
There he was suddenly checked, facing the unplumbed complexity of child or woman in her.
1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 207
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivesituated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishplumbed
- Englishunplumbed
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APA
unplumbed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unplumbed
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“unplumbed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unplumbed. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unplumbed,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unplumbed.
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