What's the difference between unfathomable and unintelligible?

Unfathomable


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The potential benefits [of AI research] are huge, since everything that civilisation has to offer is a product of human intelligence; we cannot predict what we might achieve when this intelligence is magnified by the tools AI may provide, but the eradication of disease and poverty are not unfathomable,” the letter reads.
  • (2) Told of Pistorius's denial, Levitt replied: "Not only is she standing by what he said, but she finds it unfathomable that he denies it in front of a number of witnesses.
  • (3) A man with a machine gun chatting to a protester about midgies might seem delightfully British, but it also emphasises the surrealness of Trident and how we resort to small talk because its destructive potential is so unfathomably big.
  • (4) Given that Solskjaer, who is in charge of Molde, has spoken in the past about Sir Alex Ferguson advising him to choose an owner rather than a club when it comes to management, it seems difficult to believe that the former Manchester United striker would warm to the idea of working under Tan, whose reputation for interfering and making unfathomable decisions now precedes him in the world of football.
  • (5) Unfathomable, futuristic madness: that's what made me want to visit Japan.
  • (6) I had no idea what I was looking at: the one thing I did know was that this unfathomable futuristic madness was precisely the sort of thing I'd come to Japan to see.
  • (7) For reasons which are unfathomable Daniel became a target for derision, abuse and systematic cruelty."
  • (8) Cutting that $9bn spent on private schools – or transferring that money to public schools – would end the wasteful elite private school "arms race" where unfathomable amounts have been spent on gyms, pools and the like.
  • (9) Gordon Brown's new bag, made - unfathomably - by shipyard apprentices at a naval dockyard, is actually made from pine, like most good coffins.
  • (10) Leading environmental figures, including the broadcaster Sir David Attenborough and the mountaineer Sir Chris Bonington, have condemned government plans to drop debate about climate change from the national curriculum for children under 14 as "unfathomable and unacceptable".
  • (11) It is unfathomable - and it really all goes back to Ryan's decision to throw the ball deep instead of running the ball and killing clock.
  • (12) The frontrunner is a self-styled “independent”: Zac Goldsmith, the unfathomably wealthy, roll-up-smoking Tory environmentalist who was until recently Richmond Park’s Conservative MP and the party’s candidate for London mayor.
  • (13) Rich countries are (based on low debt vs GDP) ... Russia, China, one or two North African countries, Indonesia, some South American countries, a couple of Southern African countries, Australia and a few Middle Eastern countries, Developed countries are (based solely on GDP ignoring unfathomable debt for some of them) ... North America, Northern Europe, Japan, Australia and a few Middle Eastern countries.
  • (14) Clashes here with US forces were such a centrepiece of the Iraq war that the prospect of the US air force now giving cover to the group in coming weeks seemed unfathomable for many of those on the sidelines of Saturday's parade.
  • (15) Early single Manners, with its unfathomably wonderful chorus full of down-pitched tambourines, was the sort of song you sense would never go anywhere.
  • (16) During millennia, the mechanisms of procreation have constituted for man an unfathomable and irritating riddle.
  • (17) Three hours of sexual and pharmacological excess, wanton debauchery, unfathomable avarice, gleeful misogyny, extreme narcotic brinksmanship, malfeasance and lawless behaviour is a lot to take, and some have complained of the film's relentlessness, which, if understood in formal terms, I think may be one of its main aims.
  • (18) He finds the lack of media interest in his wife’s jazz album unfathomable, and interprets his six million votes in 2004 as proof that today’s public “want me to make music”.
  • (19) he marvels plaintively, pretending to find such interest in him unfathomable. "
  • (20) Of course, as professionals we need this signing and we expect to have that shortly.” Cellino’s Elland Road reign, which has seen him employ six managers, has been littered with unfathomable U-turns and outspoken outbursts, lending weight to the theory the 59-year-old could decide to sell the club to someone other than the fans.

Unintelligible


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The PTs' and OTs' self-assessments differed statistically on pairs such as Strong-Weak, Intelligent-Unintelligent, and Aggressive-Passive, with the PTs' mean scores being higher than the OTs'.
  • (2) It was found that ten out of thirteen were written at a level of complexity unintelligible to up to 60% of the general public.
  • (3) A committee of MPs last week criticised Uber for creating “gibberish” and “almost unintelligible” contracts to ensure that its drivers remained self-employed.
  • (4) Six patients between the ages of 17 and 32 years presented with unusual sleep-walking epidodes characterized by screaming or unintelligible vocalizations; complex, often violent automatisms; and ambulation.
  • (5) The more complex a system, the more unintelligible and impenetrable is the map of possible side effects.
  • (6) Lew never speaks about himself, and you don't have to be to a graphologist to tell that his loopy, unintelligible signature indicates that he does not want to be known.
  • (7) Spart harangues the ear with gobbledegook intelligible to the splinterists of the People’s Front of Judea and the Judean People’s Front, but unintelligible to anyone else.
  • (8) You’re articulate, you’re obviously not unintelligent, but you’re in custody at the moment and have [a choice] to accept the [charge] summaries as read today.” Rosie Batty sat in the front row of the gallery and held her head in her hands as she listened to the recording, flanked by a member of her legal team.
  • (9) An auditory and acoustic analysis was performed of the voice production of 24 children between 5 and 8 years of age with unintelligible speech and 24 children without speech or language deficits matched for age.
  • (10) A misarticulation was especially likely to result in unintelligibility on the most difficult passage, although not all unintelligible words on that passage were attributable to phonemic errors.
  • (11) Delayed emergence of intelligibility, or frankly unintelligible speech, often signify the presence of a major disturbance of language, overall cognitive development, or hearing.
  • (12) He classified material likely to affect patients adversely as puzzling or unintelligible, alarming, apparently insulting or objectionable, or sensitive information from or about others.
  • (13) ENWs are unusual episodes of ambulation, with unintelligible speech, screaming, and complex, often violent, behavior that responds to anticonvulsants.
  • (14) Children who could not sustain phonation had speech that was consistently judged unintelligible.
  • (15) Yes, if we do that in an unintelligent way of course you can lose jobs.
  • (16) "When you gather intelligence in such an unintelligent way; if for example you sweep people up who you know are innocent, and it is in these documents; and then mistreat them horribly, you are not going to get reliable intelligence.
  • (17) Noting the number of times – 16 – a reporter was forced to write “unintelligible” in the transcript of Trump’s infamous interview with AP, Meyers was struck that “Trump’s answers are literally just mad libs now.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest On the Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon wished first lady Melania Trump a happy birthday: “She plans to celebrate with her loved ones – and Donald.” The couple planned to celebrate as they always do: “Making sure Donald has something to unwrap too so he doesn’t feel left out.” Fallon also mentioned former presidential candidate Chris Christie giving Trump a B grade on his first 100 days, as well as an A on immigration, and a C on healthcare.
  • (18) The children with unintelligible speech had significantly more signs of abnormal prephonatory tuning and abnormal phonatory modulation than the control children.
  • (19) A committee of MPs has lambasted Uber’s contracts with drivers as “gibberish” and “almost unintelligible” as the company attempts to ensure its drivers remain self-employed.
  • (20) It all fits with the 1960s context Capaldi mentioned, but the maze of unintelligible calculations is also reminiscent of Sherlock (the two shows share a showrunner in Moffat).