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
The idea that this inmate would be here in Cannes, a free man, was unthinkable.
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 23 May 2025
Physical research would be unthinkable without statistics.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 23 May 2025
And that surprising change is likely to lead Diaz to a contract decision that might have been unthinkable at this point last year.
—Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025
Not many years ago, something like this would have been unthinkable.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2025
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 23 May 2025
Physical research would be unthinkable without statistics.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 23 May 2025
And that surprising change is likely to lead Diaz to a contract decision that might have been unthinkable at this point last year.
—Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025
Not many years ago, something like this would have been unthinkable.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for unthinkable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unthinkable
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At this year’s Annecy Animation Festival, the series’ incredible run, which will extend beyond 40 seasons after a recent re-order, was celebrated with some of its key figures in attendance.—
Jamie Lang,
Variety,
12 June 2025
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His time with Villa included the drop into the Championship and then an incredible return to European football.—
Gregg Evans,
New York Times,
12 June 2025
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After 12 Days Tony Botti, a public information officer for the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office said during the news conference that officials are incredulous that Slaton was able to travel so far via bicycle and on foot.—
Jillian Frankel,
People.com,
15 May 2025
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In a TikTok video, the woman shared the shaky video her boyfriend took, receiving over 980,000 views and over 1,600 comments from incredulous TikTokers.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Apr. 2025
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Khamenei’s zealotry is very unlikely to outlive him in Iran’s highest echelons of power.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2025
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But this scenario assumes crypto stands still while quantum computing advances, which is highly unlikely.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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Cadence customer MediaTek even said that the M2000 enabled previously impossible simulations for dynamic IR, while customer Supermicro said the M2000 delivered 8x faster thermal simulations for its server designs.—
Anshel Sag,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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Yet enforcement was impossible, for there was no way to track down absent and delinquent fathers.—
Augustine Sedgewick,
Time,
13 June 2025
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Beyond mere efficiency gains, AI possesses the transformative potential to reconfigure entire business models through the creation of products and services previously inconceivable with conventional AI approaches.—
Indivar Nayyar,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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What soon followed was likely inconceivable to most — even seasoned cyber mavens.—
Noah Barsky,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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The pain of this loss is unimaginable for our family.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
People.com,
7 June 2025
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The Hidden Infrastructure Powering AI The foundation of these systems starts with hardware configurations that would have been unimaginable a decade ago.—
Jitender Jain,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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As more time passes, the pop-rock set only continues to prove its unbelievable popularity.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Following the impressive Canada win, Mexico then defeated Panama 2-1, again thanks to a brace by Jimenez, who was in unbelievable form at the time.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 June 2025
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“Unthinkable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unthinkable. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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