UNIMAGINABLE Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

unimaginable

adjective

ˌən-ə-ˈmaj-nə-bəl

Definition of unimaginable

as in incredible

too extraordinary or improbable to believe a nearly unimaginable string of coincidences

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Recent Examples of unimaginable For generations, many families carried not only unimaginable grief but also shame. — Geri McGinn Kerger, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026 After more than five decades together, Hamel admits living alone felt unimaginable after Somers died. — Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 19 July 2026 But the way social media disseminates words and images means that young people often share the same cultural icons and influences in ways unimaginable 50 years ago. — Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 18 July 2026 And The Chapter Aaliyah Never Got to Finish The story of Aaliyah is forever connected to both an extraordinary creative breakthrough and an unimaginable loss. — Desjah Altvater, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for unimaginable

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Adjective

For kids and teens, this can be an incredible way to experience the world up close and personal with the familiarity and comfort that comes from your hotel traveling with you.

— Judy Koutsky, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
The night sky has incredible depth, and there's nowhere better to learn how to appreciate that than when gazing at the Summer Triangle.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 24 July 2026

Definition of incredible

Adjective

The memorandum from the group, which is a conservative nonprofit that advocates for free speech, also said the DAR was unlikely to be in danger of losing its tax-exempt status by not allowing transgender members.

— Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 July 2026
Reluctantly drawn back into the sport, Randall becomes an unlikely mentor whose guidance helps shape a new generation of athletes while forcing him to confront his own unfinished journey.

— Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 27 July 2026

Definition of unlikely

Adjective

Atomix, with just fourteen seats along its chef’s counter, has never been easy to book, but, in the age of reservation scalpers and oligarch concierges, getting a table there has become functionally impossible.

— Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 26 July 2026
When Black voters faced threats of violence at the ballot box, the community showed up in numbers that were impossible to ignore.

— Kyle Lierman, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026

Definition of impossible

Adjective

This analogy is strangely anticlimactic and almost consoling, but a pedestrian ending comes with the territory in a scrupulously realistic book about the inconceivable.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
The major innovation of pocket books became the big selling point of Casa Editorial Maucci, which saw its products sell at an inconceivable rate, spreading like wildfire.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 July 2026

Definition of inconceivable

Adjective

Recently, Rodríguez was photographed in a once-unthinkable meeting with uniformed IDF brass overseeing Israeli rescue efforts in the wake of two powerful earthquakes that have devastated Venezuela’s coastal region.

— Larry Luxner, Sun Sentinel, 20 July 2026
Reaching mainstream heights was once unthinkable for this radical, uncompromising act, but Paul sensed new horizons in the recording studio.

— Steve Appleford, SPIN, 20 July 2026

Definition of unthinkable

Adjective

The real reason is that his report is an unfocused jumble of personal testimony, with no evident attempt to corroborate the lurid and sometimes unbelievable accusations made by anonymous sources.

— Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 26 July 2026
There are two unbelievable bargains hidden in the fine print of the Connecticut Pizza & Brew Fest to take place August 2 at Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater in Bridgeport.

— Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2026

Definition of unbelievable

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