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
Omar Apollo is having the kind of year that would have been unbelievable to him as a teenager growing up in Indiana.
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James Factora, Them, 27 Nov. 2024
The pancakes are unbelievable, and its fritters and smash are the stuff of dreams.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 26 Nov. 2024
Michigan flips top recruit Quarterback Bryce Underwood, the No. 1 recruit in the 2024 class, committed to Michigan last night, an unbelievable coup for first-year Wolverines coach Sherrone Moore.
—Chris Branch, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
But to have a guy like him is unbelievable as far as a cornerstone of a franchise goes.
—Elliott Teaford, Orange County Register, 15 Nov. 2024
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James Factora, Them, 27 Nov. 2024
The pancakes are unbelievable, and its fritters and smash are the stuff of dreams.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 26 Nov. 2024
Michigan flips top recruit Quarterback Bryce Underwood, the No. 1 recruit in the 2024 class, committed to Michigan last night, an unbelievable coup for first-year Wolverines coach Sherrone Moore.
—Chris Branch, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
But to have a guy like him is unbelievable as far as a cornerstone of a franchise goes.
—Elliott Teaford, Orange County Register, 15 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unbelievable
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On top of the track views, the space also features incredible food options and entertainment space.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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This dish soap left my dishes sparkling clean and smelling incredible, and the hand wash and hand cream delivered soft, smooth hands.Madison Yauger, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
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On her face is something halfway between a grimace and an incredulous smile—a facial expression that many Harris supporters likely recognize as a universal, exasperated response to a Trump rant.Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2024
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In the interim, Gore made another call to an incredulous Bush to retract his concession.Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
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This naïve notion, backed by some supporters of the incoming administration, would reduce U.S. involvement in the war to a minimum, forcing Europe to provide all remaining support, a near impossible feat.Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
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The fish experiment did convince him, and other researchers, that a human brain microbiome is not impossible.Yasemin Saplakoglu, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
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By way of Mike Curb, Motown also became the unlikely home of Pat Boone, the unabashedly wholesome (and religious) crooner and actor who’d become one of rock’s earliest stars thanks to his covers of songs by Little Richard and Fats Domino.David Browne, Rolling Stone, 8 Dec. 2024
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In the late eighteenth century, an unlikely inmate was sent by Dutch colonial authorities to the infamous Robben Island, where freedom fighters including Nelson Mandela would later be imprisoned.H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 7 Dec. 2024
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“Unbelievable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbelievable. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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