inconceivable
adjective
in·con·ceiv·able
ˌin-kən-ˈsē-və-bəl 
: not conceivable: such as
a
: unbelievable
It's inconceivable they survived the crash.
b
: impossible to comprehend
… a work of inconceivable difficulty and labour …—
Mary W. Shelley
Mary W. ShelleyExamples of inconceivable in a Sentence
The fire caused an inconceivable amount of damage.
After coming this far, to quit now would be inconceivable.
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—Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2026
Two weeks ago, two Triple-A hitting coaches brought Dylan Crews into their office and gave him two tasks that would have seemed inconceivable just five weeks before.
—Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 19 May 2026
Bradley’s film choreography, even in the numbers that Footer deems masterpieces, is above average, clever and assured, but Astaire’s art—inconceivable without the enormous influence of Bradley’s Black contemporaries, like John Bubbles—is in another league.
—Brian Seibert, New Yorker, 13 May 2026
The camera quality on Artemis, let alone the ability to livestream the views, was inconceivable during the Apollo era.
—Rebecca Boyle, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026
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“Inconceivable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inconceivable. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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