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
That ship has returned with unimaginable riches from distant shores, and the Dodgers aren’t sharing.
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Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
His heart is always with the family of Officer John O’Keefe who continue to endure a prolonged and unimaginable nightmare.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 19 Mar. 2025
The barbaric treatment Rahaf endured seems unimaginable to those of us in the West, particularly in America.
—Agustina Vergara Cid, Orange County Register, 14 Mar. 2025
Journalists in Gaza have indeed achieved this with exceptional coverage that, despite unimaginable challenges, has brought the realities of the war to a global audience.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unimaginable
Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
His heart is always with the family of Officer John O’Keefe who continue to endure a prolonged and unimaginable nightmare.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 19 Mar. 2025
The barbaric treatment Rahaf endured seems unimaginable to those of us in the West, particularly in America.
—Agustina Vergara Cid, Orange County Register, 14 Mar. 2025
Journalists in Gaza have indeed achieved this with exceptional coverage that, despite unimaginable challenges, has brought the realities of the war to a global audience.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unimaginable
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This tech — along with the incredible support system of my parents, brothers, management team and eventually, my wife — significantly decreased the mental burden of managing my diabetes and in turn, empowered me to not let diabetes define my capabilities.—
Nick Jonas,
USA TODAY,
20 Mar. 2025
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In this era of just like high risers and incredible athleticism, that’s obviously not the thing that jumps off the screen with him.—
Sam Cohn,
Baltimore Sun,
20 Mar. 2025
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An incredulous Ken Jeong then asks her if Griffin introduced her to Waititi.—
Lauren Huff,
EW.com,
11 Mar. 2025
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Mediumship does not belong to some incredulous or demented margins; it can be practiced ethically by individuals trained through empirical standards to address the uncanny and perplexing phenomena beyond our five-sense world.—
Kwame Anthony Appiah,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2025
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What the economy is now experiencing, partially a result of President Donald Trump’s tariff policies dampening economic growth forecasts and renewing concerns about inflation, is unlikely to prompt Fed officials to so much as whisper stagflation to one another.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN,
20 Mar. 2025
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Weaver says that these mega-events are unlikely to have a huge impact on sponsorship value though as stadium sponsorship deals are long-term deals.—
Steve Price,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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These individuals, often without any formal guidebook, push their bodies to do what most believe is impossible.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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But that is impossible if one of the parties is in the middle of a complete breakdown.—
Alexander Nazaryan,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
21 Mar. 2025
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Once upon a time, allowing foreigners to own the Waldorf—a symbol of American luxury no less iconic than the martini—would have been inconceivable.—
Ben Ryder Howe,
airmail.news,
15 Mar. 2025
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Passage of the stopgap in the House marked a major victory for Johnson, and a feat that would have been inconceivable in years prior.—
Mychael Schnell,
The Hill,
14 Mar. 2025
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The financial implications of missing out on qualification to the Champions League are unthinkable for Juve, who already experienced that exact outcome under Max Allegri in 2022/2023.—
Adam Digby,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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Not long ago, such a stance by a U.S. president would have been unthinkable, Nilsson-Wright says.—
Scott Neuman,
NPR,
22 Mar. 2025
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On the other hand, a first back-to-back win in qualifying would be an unbelievable achievement for Chile and blow the qualifying race wide open.—
Joseph O'Sullivan,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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The Yale men’s basketball program, over a 10-year period, has made ‘unbelievable feelings’ all very easy to believe.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
16 Mar. 2025
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“Unimaginable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unimaginable. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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