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Examples 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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When Barra joined GM in 1985, a female chair and CEO of GM was almost inconceivable.
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Nixon was just so shrewd, so strategic: it’s simply inconceivable he would get caught with his pants down implicating himself on the record, like Trump now does almost daily.
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Inconceivable in an Internet chat room, but still a very familiar phrase in Germany.
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INCONCEIVABLE Defined for English Language Learners
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: impossible to imagine or believe : not conceivable
INCONCEIVABLE Defined for Kids
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: impossible to imagine or believe The fire caused inconceivable damage.
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