the unthinkable

noun

: something that one cannot accept, believe, or imagine

especially : something that is so bad that one does not want to think about it

And then, the unthinkable happened: the car skidded out of control and crashed.

Examples of the unthinkable in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Now, Ortiz, 36, stands accused of attempting the unthinkable. — Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026

The book offers the bulk of its attention to these parts, using every literary device at its disposal, from interview fragments to the epistolary form, to put surviving the unthinkable into words. — Tembe Denton-Hurst, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026

Pete Crow-Armstrong may actually do the unthinkable and dethrone Shohei Ohtani as NL MVP. — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

And don't forget about Hamilton, OH attempting to do the unthinkable by making the Little League World Series championship. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for the unthinkable

• thinkable