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
Put nothing past Ohtani, including the inconceivable.
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Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 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
Until recently, this nightmarish scenario for Democrats seemed inconceivable.
—George Skelton, Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2026
With the exponential rise of deranged talking heads, private prisons, Amazon-like concentration camps, Cop City, local police trained by the Israeli Army, and AI technology to develop inconceivable weapons, the apocalypse does not appear far off.
—Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for inconceivable
Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 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
Until recently, this nightmarish scenario for Democrats seemed inconceivable.
—George Skelton, Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2026
With the exponential rise of deranged talking heads, private prisons, Amazon-like concentration camps, Cop City, local police trained by the Israeli Army, and AI technology to develop inconceivable weapons, the apocalypse does not appear far off.
—Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inconceivable
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In my opinion, Eddie should have been nominated for his incredible comic achievement in The Nutty Professor remake, though comedy is rarely recognized by Academy voters, as with Jerry Lewis’ different kind of brilliance in the original movie.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
19 Apr. 2026
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While the outlet always has incredible finds, the deals are especially noteworthy right now, with savings up to 73 percent.—
Tanya Sharma,
PEOPLE,
19 Apr. 2026
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The judge, Cedric Simpson, was incredulous.—
Frank Witsil,
Freep.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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Travelers at the airport Monday who heard about the vote were incredulous.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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But the supposedly populist initiative, Eyal Press writes, is unlikely to stop establishments from paying servers below the minimum wage.—
Caroline Mimbs Nyce,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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This is unlikely to mean a complete retreat from the sporting world, however.—
Will Barker,
TheWeek,
17 Apr. 2026
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Desire defines the work and is impossible to divorce from our response to it.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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Previously, the idea of a pope from the US was deemed impossible because the cardinals would not want to ally the Church with the world’s dominant power.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
17 Apr. 2026
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The early-season free fall reached a new, unthinkable low on Tuesday night.—
James O'Connell,
New York Daily News,
22 Apr. 2026
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The median age of a first-time buyer is now 40—a number that would have been almost unthinkable a generation ago.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
17 Apr. 2026
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That may backfire on California Republicans, who were potentially looking at the previously unimaginable scenario of an all-GOP general election in the country’s biggest blue state.—
Douglas Schoen,
Oc Register,
10 Apr. 2026
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If dinosaurs were strong and intelligent — if humans didn’t really deserve to inherit the Earth from them — then their death in a cosmic freak accident represents unimaginable loss.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2026
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This was an unbelievable adventure, and it was made possible by this crew and the support of each other throughout the whole thing.—
Matthew Glasser,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Among them are shocking, surreal, unbelievable, unprecedented and unexpected.—
Steve Lopez,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Inconceivable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inconceivable. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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