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
His hips move at an unbelievable speed.
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Dennis Lin, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
Okay, let’s get into all else that went down on episode 3 of Survivor 50 in what is shaping up to be an unbelievable season so far.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2026
To have someone like that trust you in an incredible moment in their life is something that is just the most unbelievable honor.
—Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 12 Mar. 2026
What began as a distant flash of light near the water quickly turned into an experience Pittenger described as almost unbelievable.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 11 Mar. 2026
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Dennis Lin, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
Okay, let’s get into all else that went down on episode 3 of Survivor 50 in what is shaping up to be an unbelievable season so far.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2026
To have someone like that trust you in an incredible moment in their life is something that is just the most unbelievable honor.
—Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 12 Mar. 2026
What began as a distant flash of light near the water quickly turned into an experience Pittenger described as almost unbelievable.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 11 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for unbelievable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unbelievable
Adjective
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So this guy is very good, very good, incredible.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Mar. 2026
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In the second half, Smith had a handful of incredible saves to keep the score at 2-1, including leaping up to snare a crossing pass and stopping two shots on breakaways.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
15 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Travelers at the airport Monday who heard about the vote were incredulous.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Fellow vegans in the comments were incredulous — what of the bear cub carcass Kennedy claimed to have dumped in Central Park or his lifelong interest in hunting?—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
26 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The 2023 Lahaina fire made the issue impossible to ignore.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
20 Mar. 2026
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That’s something that the broader AI industry has so far struggled to do, partly because LLMs are typically trained on vast, messy datasets scraped from across the internet, where ownership, consent and individual contributions from millions of sources are nearly impossible to track.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
19 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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But Trump’s comments indicate that’s unlikely.—
Eleanor Mueller,
semafor.com,
20 Mar. 2026
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Paul was already an unlikely candidate for a franchise as traditional as The Bachelor.—
Rebecca Jennings,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Unbelievable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbelievable. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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