ˌən-ə-ˈmaj-nə-bəl
as in incredible
too extraordinary or improbable to believe
a nearly unimaginable string of coincidences
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Recent Examples of unimaginable
To explore the secrets of prime numbers, investigate unimaginable shapes or elucidate other fundamental mysteries of our universe, mathematicians don’t usually need special labs and equipment or to pay participants in clinical trials.
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Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 18 July 2025
Our government was able to refinance our debt and issue more at wildly low rates that felt unimaginable until the market produced them.
—Mary Childs, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
The people that put it together care so much to protect the festival and to scale it to these unimaginable places — all while keeping it feeling DIY and like a hardcore festival.
—Josh Chesler, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2025
In Ukraine, low-cost, high-impact drones are enabling Ukraine not only to defend itself but to strike deep into Russian territory (and Russia into Ukraine) in ways that would have been unimaginable just a few years ago.
—Charles Beames, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
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Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 18 July 2025
Our government was able to refinance our debt and issue more at wildly low rates that felt unimaginable until the market produced them.
—Mary Childs, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
The people that put it together care so much to protect the festival and to scale it to these unimaginable places — all while keeping it feeling DIY and like a hardcore festival.
—Josh Chesler, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2025
In Ukraine, low-cost, high-impact drones are enabling Ukraine not only to defend itself but to strike deep into Russian territory (and Russia into Ukraine) in ways that would have been unimaginable just a few years ago.
—Charles Beames, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unimaginable
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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Everyone who works at Sunderland has just gone through an incredible challenge of trying to navigate from League One to the Premier League.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes.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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Depending on the source, Texas currently has anywhere between 300 and 400 data centers currently in operation in the state, and the growth is unlikely to slow.—
Karoline Leonard,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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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
Adjective
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Then, the shirt with long sleeves and the four-fingered corn hands; and finally, the top ear-of-corn itself, bulbous and high and impossible get into without assistance (at least for me!).—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
1 Aug. 2025
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Moore had a fluidity and grace and could move in a way that seemed impossible.—
Sabreena Merchant,
New York Times,
1 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Metrics determine our life and work in ways that were inconceivable ten or 15 years ago.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
28 July 2025
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These are monumental achievements, inconceivable in the past, that will allow the state to navigate the swings and roundabouts a deluded Congress imposes on us.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
5 July 2025
Adjective
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Guided by a resolve never to judge anyone else and a firm belief in second chances, legendary Chiefs coach Andy Reid has leaned on family bonds to sustain him through the highs of victory and the lows of unthinkable tragedy.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
21 July 2025
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The traditional approach to flooding in Vermont, which is to put the river and the road back in place and hope that the problem doesn’t return, was unthinkable in Plainfield.—
John Seabrook,
New Yorker,
21 July 2025
Adjective
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Written and directed by Michael Gallagher, The Leader tells the unbelievable true story of UFO cult leaders Marshall Herff Applewhite (Nelson) and Bonnie Lu Nettles (Farmiga), who inspired hundreds of people to abandon their families, drop out of society, and prepare to evacuate planet Earth.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
30 July 2025
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Looking back over the past 10 years, Powell said Firefly's growth is immeasurable — but not unbelievable.—
Karoline Leonard,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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“Unimaginable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unimaginable. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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