Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Incapability of being believed; incredibility.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the state or quality of being
unbelievable
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word unbelievability.
Examples
-
Despite the unbelievability of the apparatus surrounding Sam, Moon is a thought provoking and moving look at a man who just wants to go home, even if that home isn't what he thought it was.
March 2010 2010
-
Despite the unbelievability of the apparatus surrounding Sam, Moon is a thought provoking and moving look at a man who just wants to go home, even if that home isn't what he thought it was.
-
Add to that the sheer unbelievability of, oh, 90% of what happened in the book, and I don't recommend it.
Reading archmage 2009
-
The former Newcastle striker is a master of the not-rocket-science art of football speak in all its sumptuous moving-forward, shape-holding unbelievability.
Paul Lambert needs lessons in the lexicon of the football club | Harry Pearson 2011
-
The climactic fight in the snowstorm took much too long and emphasized the unbelievability and inconsistency of some of the environmental “rules”.
-
Writer and ‘Story’ guru Robert Mckee calls it ‘believable unbelievability’ I think.
Ray Doesn’t Fall Down The Rabbit Hole For ALICE IN WONDERLAND | Obsessed With Film 2010
-
About the only thing I can ding this book on, and it's somewhat minor, is that there is one event that takes place in Glokta's story that smacked of unbelievability.
-
The awkwardness of messy, human existence is one thing, the alzheimer'sesque unbelievability of grandpa's read on the line "incredible" is quite another.
George Spyros: iPhone 4 FaceTime Commercials: Are Apple's TV Ads Really "Heartbreaking?" (Video) George Spyros 2010
-
The awkwardness of messy, human existence is one thing, the alzheimer'sesque unbelievability of grandpa's read on the line "incredible" is quite another.
George Spyros: iPhone 4 FaceTime Commercials: Are Apple's TV Ads Really "Heartbreaking?" (Video) 2010
-
The awkwardness of messy, human existence is one thing, the alzheimer'sesque unbelievability of grandpa's read on the line "incredible" is quite another.
George Spyros: iPhone 4 FaceTime Commercials: Are Apple's TV Ads Really "Heartbreaking?" (Video) 2010
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.