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
That level of cushion is unthinkable in the United States, where regional grids typically operate with a 15% reserve margin and sometimes less, particularly during extreme weather, Fishman said.
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Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, criminals—bolstered by advancements in cybercrime—are more sophisticated than ever, executing heists that would've been unthinkable just a few years ago.
—Freddy Kuo, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
From Russia and Europe to the Middle East and East Asia, the possibility of nuclear escalation is no longer unthinkable.
—Masako Toki, The Conversation, 4 Aug. 2025
Lychee trees grow here now, unthinkable a decade ago.
—Ariel Saramandi, The Dial, 29 July 2025
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Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, criminals—bolstered by advancements in cybercrime—are more sophisticated than ever, executing heists that would've been unthinkable just a few years ago.
—Freddy Kuo, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
From Russia and Europe to the Middle East and East Asia, the possibility of nuclear escalation is no longer unthinkable.
—Masako Toki, The Conversation, 4 Aug. 2025
Lychee trees grow here now, unthinkable a decade ago.
—Ariel Saramandi, The Dial, 29 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unthinkable
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Both owners reported incredible business for their openings.—
Jim Higgins,
jsonline.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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Secretariat won the Belmont by an incredible 31 lengths, and his record time of 2:24 still stands as the fastest of all time.—
Sarah Jean Maher,
New York Times,
23 Aug. 2025
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Rodríguez looked incredulous at the thought that this was the evidence against him.—
Melissa Sanchez,
ProPublica,
29 July 2025
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When one reporter asked a multi-part question about Epstein and the memo, Bondi began to answer, before an incredulous Trump asked to interrupt the attorney general to offer his own reply.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
8 July 2025
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Such retirees will not have to file for bankruptcy protection to shield their future practice income, and there is unlikely to be more than a single creditor so as to forestall an involuntary bankruptcy filing.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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On paper, both appear unlikely filmmaking propositions.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
22 Aug. 2025
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The hedge is an acceptance that the world is impossible to know accurately.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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Rather interestingly, instead of making off with the loot, the hackers sent the proceeds to addresses with no owners, effectively destroying the value and making recovery impossible, in order to emphasise the political, rather than financial, nature of the raid.—
David G.W. Birch,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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Given that the family has acknowledged trying for decades to plant the Trump flag in the Gulf, these mega-deals are inconceivable without Trump’s Presidency.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
11 Aug. 2025
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That’s not an inconceivable outcome, even with this interest from Newcastle.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
25 July 2025
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Despite the unimaginable tragedy of the day, Gayken said, there were far less casualties than there could have been.—
Safiyah Riddle,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Aug. 2025
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Reality $850 million represents unimaginable wealth.—
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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What’s unbelievable is how many of these opportunities came to be: through direct messages on Instagram.—
Noah Reardon,
Billboard,
18 Aug. 2025
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And other times like [a] fourth and one stop by the defense, unbelievable play on defense and unacceptable on offense.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
17 Aug. 2025
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“Unthinkable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unthinkable. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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