Definition of unimaginable
: not imaginable or comprehensible unimaginable horror
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Examples of unimaginable in a Sentence
the unimaginable horrors of war
a disaster of almost unimaginable proportions
This technology would have been unimaginable five years ago.
Recent Examples of unimaginable from the Web
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Other models had discounts of $4,000 to $6,000, price cuts that would have been unimaginable five years ago.
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This stretch of the riverbed is strewn with an unimaginable field of Ice Age-era boulders.
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The Grand Budapest Hotel': Between them, this network of nearly 4,000 members from more than 50 countries can fulfill unimaginable requests in most major cities around the world.
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Yet, there was a time when the nations of the world had to fight for freedom itself, and found a way to unite to do the right thing at a cost untold and a sacrifice nearly unimaginable.
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Going back over baseball history, these numbers seem ludicrous and unimaginable.
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Over the past century, athletic performance has reach levels previously unimaginable.
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First Known Use of unimaginable
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UNIMAGINABLE Defined for English Language Learners
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: not possible to imagine : beyond what you would normally imagine
UNIMAGINABLE Defined for Kids
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: not possible to imagine or understand unimaginable treasures
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