as in incredible
too extraordinary or improbable to believe
the formerly inconceivable idea that humans could land on the moon
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Recent Examples of inconceivable
For most of baseball’s history, formal affiliation with any form of gambling was inconceivable.
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Michael Delayo, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2026
Perhaps displacement resides in these inconceivable connections, in these scandalous imprecisions.
—María Ospina, The Dial, 31 Mar. 2026
Now, the idea that reality TV might have been a fad, approaching its expiration date just five years after Survivor changed primetime and one year after The Apprentice changed the course of American history, is inconceivable.
—Judy Berman, Time, 17 Mar. 2026
In the 1990s, when Jackson and a bipartisan coalition reframed Africa as strategic terrain rather than charitable afterthought, dismantling that infrastructure would have been politically inconceivable.
—Alexanderia Baker-Haidara, semafor.com, 27 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for inconceivable
Michael Delayo, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2026
Perhaps displacement resides in these inconceivable connections, in these scandalous imprecisions.
—María Ospina, The Dial, 31 Mar. 2026
Now, the idea that reality TV might have been a fad, approaching its expiration date just five years after Survivor changed primetime and one year after The Apprentice changed the course of American history, is inconceivable.
—Judy Berman, Time, 17 Mar. 2026
In the 1990s, when Jackson and a bipartisan coalition reframed Africa as strategic terrain rather than charitable afterthought, dismantling that infrastructure would have been politically inconceivable.
—Alexanderia Baker-Haidara, semafor.com, 27 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for inconceivable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inconceivable
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The Ritz-Carlton guests will also finally have access to hop aboard the incredible, spaceship-like Adastra super-yacht, currently available only for neighboring Patina Maldives guests.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 June 2026
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To not have that would be devastating … There’s just things that would become a lot more muted if people don’t have attachment to anything, which is quite incredible.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
31 May 2026
Adjective
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On several occasions throughout the game, Lakers players were incredulous after calls – or non-calls – from the crew.—
Benjamin Royer,
Oc Register,
8 May 2026
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On several occasions, Lakers players were incredulous after calls — or no-calls — from the crew.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 May 2026
Adjective
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Getting warships into the water is hard enough without wasting funds on vessels unlikely ever to sail.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
30 May 2026
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Like any great artist, Grohl is a product of her surroundings, and that can’t help but include a very specific, unlikely upbringing.—
Rachel Brodsky,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
Adjective
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But in practice, solving that equation directly and exactly for a system with as many interacting electrons as FeMo-co has is often impossible.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
29 May 2026
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How long the recovery will take is impossible to know.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
29 May 2026
Adjective
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Such a close contest would have been unthinkable two years ago.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
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An Avalanche defense without Cale Makar is unthinkable.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
31 May 2026
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On the high end, companies like OpenAI and Anthropic have raised unprecedented rounds of $122 billion and reportedly $30 billion at once unimaginable valuations of $852 billion and $900 billion, respectively.—
Richard Nieva,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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For the local and Indigenous communities along its shores, the Great African Seaforest is living heritage, making its loss unimaginable.—
Tatjana Baleta,
Time,
28 May 2026
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The game packs an unbelievable amount of variety into its level design, and the controls are just unconventional enough to keep you from coasting on muscle memory.—
Alex James Kane,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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Tesla’s Fremont factory stopped car production this year to make way for production lines for its Optimus robots, with unbelievable plans to ramp up capacity to 1 million units a year.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
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“Inconceivable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inconceivable. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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