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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.
Recent Examples of inconceivable from the Web
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An Israel quietly cooperating with Saudi Arabia would have seemed inconceivable to the founders of a country that fought four wars with its neighbors in its first 25 years of existence.
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The mayor’s race centered around a vigorous battle over housing in the city, where buying a home is inconceivable for many and longtime residents are being squeezed out.
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This type of event may seem inconceivable, but the concern is grounded in a painfully real threat that is only mounting in severity.
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Such an amendment seemed almost inconceivable when the party initially elevated a reserved, adequate bureaucrat to the presidency because leaders thought Xi was someone who could be controlled.
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Such a scenario would have been close to inconceivable when the class arrived in 1964, even though President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated the year before and the civil rights struggle was intensifying.
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These tragedies and the loss that follows are just inconceivable and heart wrenching.
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Samsung recently released the Samsung 970 Pro and Evo NVMe SSDs at surprisingly low prices so a permanent price drop for traditional SSDs like the 860 EVO isn’t inconceivable, even though the 860 EVO is only a few months old.
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What many people don’t remember—and what people who are too young to have followed the story in real time may find inconceivable—is how strange and disturbing and fragile things seemed at the beginning.
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First Known Use of inconceivable
1624
inconceivable Synonyms
Synonyms
fantastic (also fantastical), implausible, incredible, incredulous, unbelievable, uncompelling, unconceivable, unconvincing, unimaginable, unthinkable;
Antonyms
believable, cogitable, conceivable, convincing, credible, creditable, imaginable, plausible, supposable, thinkable;
Near Antonyms
certain, incontestable, indisputable, indubitable, questionless, sure, undeniable, undoubted, unquestionable;
Related Words
debatable, disputable, doubtable, doubtful, dubious, dubitable, far-fetched, fishy, flimsy, questionable, shaky, suspect, suspicious, unlikely, unreasonable;
absurd, comical, farcical, laughable, ludicrous, outlandish, preposterous, ridiculous, risible, silly;
Phrases
full of it;
INCONCEIVABLE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of inconceivable for English Language Learners
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: impossible to imagine or believe : not conceivable
INCONCEIVABLE Defined for Kids
Definition of inconceivable for Students
: impossible to imagine or believe
- The fire caused inconceivable damage.
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