mind-boggling
adjective
mind-bog·gling
ˈmīn(d)-ˌbä-g(ə-)liŋ 
: mentally or emotionally exciting or overwhelming
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a big-box store with a mind-boggling array of home-improvement supplies for the do-it-yourselfer
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Nishant Pant, CNBC, 2 Dec. 2025
These models are unknowable—black boxes with anthropomorphic traits, but that are ultimately a series of complex calculations and statistical inferences based on mind-boggling sums of training data; much of that information was taken without express permission from its creators.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 30 Nov. 2025
The sheer number of stars is mind-boggling.
—John Meyer, Denver Post, 28 Nov. 2025
Some of those systems are mind-boggling.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 27 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for mind-boggling
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“Mind-boggling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mind-boggling. Accessed 7 Dec. 2025.
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