ˌən-ə-ˈmaj-nə-bəl
as in incredible
too extraordinary or improbable to believe
a nearly unimaginable string of coincidences
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Recent Examples of unimaginable
In one of the more truly unimaginable comebacks in recent franchise history, the Broncos clawed all the way back from a 19-point fourth-quarter deficit to down the Giants 30-26 at Empower Field on Sunday.
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Luca Evans, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
What remains is devastation at an almost unimaginable scale.
—Kara Fox, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
His business is now on track for its first $100,000 year, a milestone that once felt unimaginable.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
Despite the uncertainties and dangers, reaching the first phase of a peace deal was almost unimaginable just days ago.
—Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Oct. 2025
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Luca Evans, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
What remains is devastation at an almost unimaginable scale.
—Kara Fox, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
His business is now on track for its first $100,000 year, a milestone that once felt unimaginable.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
Despite the uncertainties and dangers, reaching the first phase of a peace deal was almost unimaginable just days ago.
—Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unimaginable
Adjective
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Just glad the world will now get to see what these incredible individuals next to me and off-camera have created.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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We’ve been given so many incredible opportunities, so now the main thing for us is to share with other people.—
Sophie Williams,
Billboard,
28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The Origin of the Moscow Mule The Moscow Mule has an incredulous origin story.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
20 Oct. 2025
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The prospect of losing at least $170 million in annual revenue would be taken much more seriously than angry, incredulous letters to the editor.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Their unlikely friendship ended in February 1987, when Warhol died suddenly after a complicated gall bladder operation.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Oct. 2025
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While the Hong Kong listing should enhance the company’s liquidity and visibility, Zephirin added that a valuation re-rating is unlikely without meaningful gains in capital efficiency or strategy execution.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Five years on, and somehow, the American economy has not only avoided a contraction but has managed to grow—an outcome many investors thought impossible.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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But competing with Swift is basically impossible for anyone, which makes this report a little hard to believe.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
26 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In the mid-’90s, broadcast networks dominated prime time with megahits like Seinfeld, ER, and The X-Files, whose viewership on Fox peaked at a now-inconceivable 20 million.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
27 Oct. 2025
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The journey there today regularly incorporates creature comforts that were inconceivable even two decades ago.—
Brad Japhe,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Perhaps someday the age of screens will end, at the hand of some unthinkable novelty or civilization-ending calamity.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
23 Oct. 2025
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So to be there, back in my home state, to cover something that was just so unthinkable, reprehensible, that's always stayed with me, just talking to people in the days and hours after that tragedy.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Two suspects with connections to the unbelievable Louvre heist that took the world by storm last week have been arrested by authorities, CNN reported.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
27 Oct. 2025
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Part of what made Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds so fascinating was how unbelievable the story was.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Unimaginable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unimaginable. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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