as in incredible
too extraordinary or improbable to believe
to most people it seemed unthinkable that such a gentle man could be guilty of such awful crimes
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Recent Examples of unthinkable
Now Hulst, with Chapa and McChesney holding on, was chasing something almost as unthinkable.
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Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
Shares have tumbled over 60% from their November 2024 highs driven by fundamentals but also marked by an unthinkable shock.
—Jay Woods, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026
That opened the door to so many people who five years ago would have been unthinkable.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2026
Pre-revenue clean energy companies are entering public markets at a pace that would have been unthinkable two years ago.
—Tenzin Seldon, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
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Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
Shares have tumbled over 60% from their November 2024 highs driven by fundamentals but also marked by an unthinkable shock.
—Jay Woods, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026
That opened the door to so many people who five years ago would have been unthinkable.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2026
Pre-revenue clean energy companies are entering public markets at a pace that would have been unthinkable two years ago.
—Tenzin Seldon, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for unthinkable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unthinkable
Adjective
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The Spurs led by as much as 20 in the fourth quarter, which is an incredible turnaround.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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No, that stuff is all incredible and very much the result of good fortune in my career.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Attempting to close this gap solely by raising the gas tax would require a dramatic increase that is unlikely to be politically viable.—
Andrew Stasiowski,
Boston Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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But analysts said the new model is unlikely to send markets into the kind of frenzy the previous one did.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Starmer’s explanation was greeted with jeers from opposition lawmakers, incredulous that the nation’s leader hadn’t known such a crucial piece of information.—
Jill Lawless,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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The judge, Cedric Simpson, was incredulous.—
Frank Witsil,
Freep.com,
26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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That’s the kind of streak that should be impossible.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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So local schools and other governmental units presumably would have to ask for twice as much money to get the same amount, which might make such a deal financially impossible.—
Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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At that point, something terrible, something on the scale of the Maidan protests in Ukraine in 2014, is not inconceivable.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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The camera quality on Artemis, let alone the ability to livestream the views, was inconceivable during the Apollo era.—
Rebecca Boyle,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2026
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The same logic of privatization that enabled Blackwater to operate freely in Iraq was vesting him with powers previously unimaginable for private entities.—
Ben Tarnoff,
Big Think,
23 Apr. 2026
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Dazzling, reckless Caitlin welcomes Vix into the heart of her sprawling, eccentric family, opening doors to a world of unimaginable privilege, sweeping her away to vacations on Martha’s Vineyard, an enchanting place where the two friends become summer sisters.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
21 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Fifty years is really unbelievable.—
Gabriel Burns,
AJC.com,
26 Apr. 2026
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So there’s this unbelievable amount of content from which to choose from.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Unthinkable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unthinkable. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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