: not imaginable or comprehensible
unimaginable horror
Examples of unimaginable in a Sentence
the unimaginable horrors of war
a disaster of almost unimaginable proportions
This technology would have been unimaginable five years ago.
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Looking back 160 years ago, the thought of African Americans leading financial institutions that drive affordable housing and wealth creation was nearly unimaginable.
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Lenwood V. Long, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
Those years brought new advancements in technology and human ingenuity that were unimaginable at the bottom of the cycle.
—Steve Booren, Denver Post, 15 June 2025
There was no need to imagine the imaginable or the unimaginable.
—Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 15 June 2025
The sight at the base of the tree is so unimaginable that I’m pulled toward it.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 11 June 2025
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Lenwood V. Long, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
Those years brought new advancements in technology and human ingenuity that were unimaginable at the bottom of the cycle.
—Steve Booren, Denver Post, 15 June 2025
There was no need to imagine the imaginable or the unimaginable.
—Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 15 June 2025
The sight at the base of the tree is so unimaginable that I’m pulled toward it.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 11 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for unimaginable
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“Unimaginable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unimaginable. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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