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 Friends struggled to come to terms with how, in the span of around two years, McCollough developed a once-unimaginable addiction to ketamine. — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2026 Set in 1935, amidst the Great Depression, Season 2 revolves around the bloody massacre of the Bradley Gang, a group of bank robbers who stop in Derry to buy ammo and end up facing unimaginable horror. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026 Like a mass awakening, labels and executives began courting them, making offers that were unimaginable just a few years earlier. — Morena Duwe, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026 But what ultimately saves the film is Hathaway's remarkable restraint in conveying Kym's deep pain and remorse over an unimaginable family tragedy. — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unimaginable

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Adjective

In finishing 27 for 30 for 401 yards, Mensah went an incredible 12 for 14 on passes thrown 10 yards or more.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026
The best form of flattery is imitation, and Robert Pattinson does an incredible impression of Chris Hansen for A24’s new movie, Primetime.

— Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of incredible

Adjective

Those reporting her firing or the incredulous facts supporting that fiction have exhibited a complete and utter reckless disregard for the truth.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 4 Sep. 2026
When a boater posted footage of the new island on social media, incredulous officials thought the video was AI-generated, according to the New York Times.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of incredulous

Adjective

The rationale being that Frank Lampard got his tactics spot on at the Etihad and on another day – a day when Coventry were more decisive in front of goal – their head coach would have been celebrating an unlikely result.

— Stuart James, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Chris Douglas, a professor of economics at the University of Michigan-Flint, called it unlikely that stick prices will go up 50% across the board, noting Canada's modest market share, but wonders what will happen if demand increases.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of unlikely

Adjective

Underwood wasn’t Michigan’s only problem, but his struggles were impossible to ignore.

— Austin Meek, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
In a community where trust in the immigration system and other authorities had eroded, Ortega became someone who had been through the same fear and knew how to navigate a system that many families found impossible to understand.

— Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of impossible

Adjective

When Emmanuel Macron revived the idea, in 2018, a curator at the Bayeux Museum insisted that moving the frankly archeological textile was, conservationally speaking, inconceivable.

— John Phipps, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
There are plenty of inconceivable exploits in the final season of Outer Banks, in ranging degrees of ridiculousness.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of inconceivable

Adjective

Back in the early spring, the idea of subtracting a durable 33-game starter (and a former second-round pick) from a defensive line that seemed to be an area of major concern for the Bears would have been unthinkable.

— Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Those women were just called monsters, they were called evil, they were called unthinkable.

— Jaha Nailah Avery, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of unthinkable

Adjective

Hill poured the putt in with ease and felt the embrace as the GB&I team completed a shocking, unbelievable comeback to win the Walker Cup.

— Hugh Kellenberger, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
The Michigan Wolverines were beaten – and some would say literally – by Western Michigan on Saturday before one of the more unbelievable scenes in the sport's history unfolded.

— Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of unbelievable

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