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
The unimaginable blow only tightens Laura’s grasp on her son Daniel (Laurie Davidson).
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Erin Jensen, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
And a pay package once unimaginable is back in play—only now, the number is no longer billions, but a trillion.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
For 11 years we have been forced to a life filled with unimaginable pain and heartbreak.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Horror of this scale has the effect of deadening words, making stories of the most unimaginable violence land with a dull thud.
—Jack Sheehan
september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
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Erin Jensen, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
And a pay package once unimaginable is back in play—only now, the number is no longer billions, but a trillion.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
For 11 years we have been forced to a life filled with unimaginable pain and heartbreak.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Horror of this scale has the effect of deadening words, making stories of the most unimaginable violence land with a dull thud.
—Jack Sheehan
september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unimaginable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unimaginable
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The final drive day sees guests back on the autobahn and up into the incredible views afforded along German Alpine Road.—
Duncan Madden,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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The batter is loaded up with apples that lend an incredible moistness to this rustic sheet cake.—
Patricia S York,
Southern Living,
16 Sep. 2025
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Out of towners may be incredulous about Charlotte’s Chinese food scene, but tens of thousands of Asian Charlotteans know where to go — they just might be tightlipped about it.—
Shindy Chen,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Sep. 2025
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After the Yankees held on to win 8-4, Trammell was incredulous that his integrity was called into question.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Sep. 2025
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When an amateur true crime investigator arrives with the intention of tracking down the town's serial killer, the unlikely pair strike a truce to avoid being caught – and might just find a love story in their own madness.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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Japanese women are unlikely to buy a shirt that shows a lot of cleavage.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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Poggi deemed that an impossible request.—
Austin Meek,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
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Farmers are facing impossible choices.—
Phil Lempert,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Naturally, cultivating enough soy and corn to feed billions upon billions of chickens demands an inconceivable amount of land, water and fossil fuels.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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In past discussions, Asimov had employed the apt analogy of examining the elemental motion of gasses, where movements of each individual molecule is nearly impossible to predict, but taken as a whole its progressions and paths can be charted out across inconceivable oceans of time.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Strapping one into a fighter jet pulling 9g’s or a submarine under pressure has been unthinkable.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
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Manal’s view A decade ago, a Saudi pursuing a career in the arts was practically unthinkable.—
Manal Albarakati,
semafor.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Obviously, the pitching side was unbelievable.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
10 Sep. 2025
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This was an unbelievable weekend.—
Saajan Jogia,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Unimaginable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unimaginable. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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