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(adj) unfathomed, unplumbed, unsounded
situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed
the profound depths of the sea; the dark unfathomed caves of ocean-Thomas Gray; unplumbed depths of the sea; remote and unsounded caverns
(of sleep) deep and complete
a heavy sleep; fell into a profound sleep; a sound sleeper; deep wakeless sleep
(adj) fundamental
far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something
the fundamental revolution in human values that has occurred; the book underwent fundamental changes; committed the fundamental error of confusing spending with extravagance; profound social changes