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.
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But there's a big difference between Mississippi State and Vanderbilt, which is poised to do the unthinkable with a big November.
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Matt Hayes, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2025
Grief can make people do the unthinkable, as explored in this viscerally upsetting horror drama from Talk to Me directors Danny and Michael Philippou.
—Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
In the new Netflix movie A House of Dynamite, director Kathryn Bigelow chronicles what happens when the unthinkable unfolds.
—Jake Kring-Schreifels, Time, 27 Oct. 2025
This failure was not due to a lack of warnings, but to a deeper human tendency to discount the unthinkable.
—Big Think, 20 Oct. 2025
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Matt Hayes, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2025
Grief can make people do the unthinkable, as explored in this viscerally upsetting horror drama from Talk to Me directors Danny and Michael Philippou.
—Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
In the new Netflix movie A House of Dynamite, director Kathryn Bigelow chronicles what happens when the unthinkable unfolds.
—Jake Kring-Schreifels, Time, 27 Oct. 2025
This failure was not due to a lack of warnings, but to a deeper human tendency to discount the unthinkable.
—Big Think, 20 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the unthinkable
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“The unthinkable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20unthinkable. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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