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 individual nature of these conflicts meant the season lacked the catharsis of an entire team coming together to face the unimaginable with bravery and grace.
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Selome Hailu, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026
Only a handful of operators worldwide, however, have the expertise, clout, and ambition to make the unimaginable real.
—The Editors, Robb Report, 20 Apr. 2026
In the days since a deadly shooting at Piedmont Park claimed the life of 16-year-old Tianah Robinson, her family has been left navigating an unimaginable grief—one now shared with a community preparing to say goodbye.
—Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
This means your ability to magnetize things is amazing and unimaginable.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 16 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for unimaginable
Selome Hailu, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026
Only a handful of operators worldwide, however, have the expertise, clout, and ambition to make the unimaginable real.
—The Editors, Robb Report, 20 Apr. 2026
In the days since a deadly shooting at Piedmont Park claimed the life of 16-year-old Tianah Robinson, her family has been left navigating an unimaginable grief—one now shared with a community preparing to say goodbye.
—Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
This means your ability to magnetize things is amazing and unimaginable.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 16 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for unimaginable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unimaginable
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The Spurs led by as much as 20 in the fourth quarter, which is an incredible turnaround.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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No, that stuff is all incredible and very much the result of good fortune in my career.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2026
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Starmer’s explanation was greeted with jeers from opposition lawmakers, incredulous that the nation’s leader hadn’t known such a crucial piece of information.—
Jill Lawless,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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The judge, Cedric Simpson, was incredulous.—
Frank Witsil,
Freep.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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Attempting to close this gap solely by raising the gas tax would require a dramatic increase that is unlikely to be politically viable.—
Andrew Stasiowski,
Boston Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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But analysts said the new model is unlikely to send markets into the kind of frenzy the previous one did.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2026
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That’s the kind of streak that should be impossible.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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So local schools and other governmental units presumably would have to ask for twice as much money to get the same amount, which might make such a deal financially impossible.—
Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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At that point, something terrible, something on the scale of the Maidan protests in Ukraine in 2014, is not inconceivable.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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The camera quality on Artemis, let alone the ability to livestream the views, was inconceivable during the Apollo era.—
Rebecca Boyle,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2026
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The early-season free fall reached a new, unthinkable low on Tuesday night.—
James O'Connell,
New York Daily News,
22 Apr. 2026
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The median age of a first-time buyer is now 40—a number that would have been almost unthinkable a generation ago.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
17 Apr. 2026
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Fifty years is really unbelievable.—
Gabriel Burns,
AJC.com,
26 Apr. 2026
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So there’s this unbelievable amount of content from which to choose from.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Unimaginable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unimaginable. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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