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 devastation that Pass Christian, Mississippi, endured nearly 20 years ago as Hurricane Katrina swept through the city is nearly unimaginable.
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Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 25 Aug. 2025
Over the course of four episodes, director Margaret Brown has simultaneously dug into the twists and turns of the 34-year-old cold case while also primarily focusing on the lasting trauma felt by the surviving family members who have tried to make peace with such an unimaginable loss.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 24 Aug. 2025
That’s unimaginable, but the terms of this partnership need to be revised.
—Clive Crook, Twin Cities, 21 Aug. 2025
This was unimaginable last year.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 18 Aug. 2025
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Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 25 Aug. 2025
Over the course of four episodes, director Margaret Brown has simultaneously dug into the twists and turns of the 34-year-old cold case while also primarily focusing on the lasting trauma felt by the surviving family members who have tried to make peace with such an unimaginable loss.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 24 Aug. 2025
That’s unimaginable, but the terms of this partnership need to be revised.
—Clive Crook, Twin Cities, 21 Aug. 2025
This was unimaginable last year.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 18 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unimaginable
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He's been incredible with the Mets, and his power is almost impossible to replace.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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Wolves have taken a bit of a gamble – could be incredible, could be a flop.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
2 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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Stephen Shore says, sounding a little incredulous.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
3 Sep. 2025
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That seems an unlikely development as the calendar turns to September.—
Bobby Krivitsky,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Far more important to me, though—and to anyone else unlikely to stay upstairs—are the hotel’s public spaces.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
31 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Apple has leaned more into natural photographic output, but the extra creative power and the ability to capture impossible shots that the Pixel 10 Pro offers a more attractive story to users.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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For millions of elderly or disabled people, these were daunting or impossible options.—
Eli Hager,
ProPublica,
8 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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Attacking this season without another striker arriving feels inconceivable, though obtaining him is proving anything but straightforward.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
27 Aug. 2025
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Just a few hundred people live in Chichiriviche, and some 70 families depend on fishing for their subsistence, so not taking the boats out is unthinkable.—
Andrew Raine,
CNN Money,
4 Sep. 2025
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More Suo Takekuma/Pool Photo via AP Such a scene would have been almost unthinkable until recent weeks.—
Robert Birsel
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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And to do it with my two best friends and my dad was an unbelievable experience.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
2 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, Arsenal bolstered its squad by signing goalscoring phenomenon Viktor Gyökeres of Sweden, who scored an unbelievable 68 goals in 66 matches across two seasons in the Portuguese league—and 97 goals in 102 matches across all competitions in that time.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Unimaginable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unimaginable. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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