as in incredible
too extraordinary or improbable to believe
to most people it seemed unthinkable that such a gentle man could be guilty of such awful crimes
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Recent Examples of unthinkable
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.
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Andrew Raine, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
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
There is actually a consensus among the factions that surrender or capitulation is unthinkable.
—Leila Seurat, Foreign Affairs, 26 Aug. 2025
Annualized volatility has dropped to a once-unthinkable 38% from close to 200% more than a decade ago.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2025
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Andrew Raine, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
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
There is actually a consensus among the factions that surrender or capitulation is unthinkable.
—Leila Seurat, Foreign Affairs, 26 Aug. 2025
Annualized volatility has dropped to a once-unthinkable 38% from close to 200% more than a decade ago.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unthinkable
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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
Adjective
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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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In a story of love and loss that has touched hearts online, a woman's engagement joy was quickly followed by an unimaginable tragedy.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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The defeat, coupled with the Giants’ 5-1 win over the Dodgers, cut the Mets’ lead in the race for the final wild card to a half-game — an unimaginable horror for a team that had the best record in baseball at 45-24 through June 12.—
Jerry Beach,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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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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“Unthinkable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unthinkable. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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