as in incredible
too extraordinary or improbable to believe
a completely unbelievable story about why there was lipstick on his collar
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Recent Examples of unbelievable
Santa Monica has unbelievable beachfront, but no high-quality beach service.
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David Hochman, Forbes.com, 27 July 2025
Your strength and your courage this whole month has been unbelievable.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 22 July 2025
Our nation is arguably helped when Newsom’s most unbelievable and pathological tendencies are on full public display.
—Will O’Neill, Oc Register, 18 July 2025
The groundbreaking nonfiction audio docudrama explores the unbelievable true story of the man whose name became synonymous with financial fraud.
—Anne Easton, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for unbelievable
David Hochman, Forbes.com, 27 July 2025
Your strength and your courage this whole month has been unbelievable.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 22 July 2025
Our nation is arguably helped when Newsom’s most unbelievable and pathological tendencies are on full public display.
—Will O’Neill, Oc Register, 18 July 2025
The groundbreaking nonfiction audio docudrama explores the unbelievable true story of the man whose name became synonymous with financial fraud.
—Anne Easton, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for unbelievable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unbelievable
Adjective
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Some incredible people were with us at the beginning, but life happens.—
Jon-Michael Banks,
Kansas City Star,
30 July 2025
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Letscher’s more-than-endearing script runs the entire gamut of emotions without ever feeling manipulative or treacly, and pulls it all off in less than 90 minutes – an incredible feat.—
Duante Beddingfield,
Freep.com,
30 July 2025
Adjective
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The spectacle left many South Africans watching at home incredulous and saw Ramaphosa make his strongest remarks on the matter yet.—
Kate Bartlett,
NPR,
15 May 2025
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Since being posted, the video has been viewed more than 8 million times and liked by over 160,000 users, leaving viewers both entertained and incredulous.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 June 2025
Adjective
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Details from a frontline war zone are almost impossible to verify, but the brigade has shared plenty of footage, including shots of the drone lifting the bike and a soldier riding it back to safety along a treeline.—
Nate Anderson,
ArsTechnica,
1 Aug. 2025
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Early critical rejection can spawn a negative narrative that proves nearly impossible to reverse.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
1 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The state has argued that Black would be unconscious and unlikely to feel pain.—
Kelly Puente,
Nashville Tennessean,
30 July 2025
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So many kids under age 13 already have phones, and this study is unlikely to result in parents taking their devices away, no matter how upsetting the findings may be.—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
30 July 2025
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“Unbelievable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbelievable. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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