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unplumbed

[ uhn-pluhmd ]

adjective

  1. not plumbed; not tested or measured with a plumb line.
  2. not understood or explored in depth, as an idea, theory, feeling, or experience.


unplumbed

/ ʌˈʌ /

adjective

  1. unfathomed; unsounded
  2. not understood in depth
  3. (of a building) having no plumbing
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of unplumbed1

First recorded in 1615–25; un- 1 + plumb + -ed 3
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In a fictional space realm, the largely unplumbed stories of Star Wars’ creatures give us something real and undeniably affecting to cling to.

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Fohr explores every nuance in her voice, soaring and diving to unplumbed depths against a backdrop of her core band and an orchestra.

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Thankfully, he didn’t damage his spine, but the injury plunged him into previously unplumbed despair.

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But the technique behind her greatness — what “Klute” cinematographer Gordon Willis described as her ability to simply think and have it show up on her face — goes largely unplumbed.

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The significant gap between being a bad boyfriend and being a person who is publicly accused of physical and sexual brutality by nearly twenty women remains unplumbed.

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