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- adverb In an
unthinkable manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb to an unimaginable extent
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Examples
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It’s that kind of unthinkably terrible choice that lies at the heart of this.
Firedoglake » Late Nite FDL: The end of the end of racism 2006
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By the end of the movie, Acosta's ability to handle the unthinkably stressful task of teaching, defending his class to extremist legislators and the media, and the subsequent tidal wave of hate mail and public hounding, demonstrates his own resiliency and transformation as an extraordinary catalyst for change.
Jeff Biggers: Arizona's Precious Knowledge: Blockbuster New Film Chronicles Ethnic Studies Battle Jeff Biggers 2011
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His face reminded me of the Man with the Hoe, save that it was unthinkably and abysmally stupider.
CHAPTER II 2010
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From Garberville, where we ate eel to repletion and got acquainted with the aborigines, we drove down the Eel River Valley for two days through the most unthinkably glorious body of redwood timber to be seen anywhere in California.
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I ‘hold’ Coburn directly responsible for secret holds, lies and unthinkably poor decisions as a US Senator.
Think Progress » Coburn Implores Audience To Not Be ‘Biased By Fox News’ 2010
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By the end of the movie, Acosta's ability to handle the unthinkably stressful task of teaching, defending his class to extremist legislators and the media, and the subsequent tidal wave of hate mail and public hounding, demonstrates his own resiliency and transformation as an extraordinary catalyst for change.
Jeff Biggers: Arizona's Precious Knowledge: Blockbuster New Film Chronicles Ethnic Studies Battle Jeff Biggers 2011
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Employees dubbed it the Googleplex, a pun on the mathematical term googolplex, meaning an unthinkably large number.
In the Plex Steven Levy 2011
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He had bet an unthinkably enormous sum and lost it all in the last hand.
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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To me, Åre was almost unthinkably far north, and very exotic.
Kalle Bergman: Enchanting Cloudberries Kalle Bergman 2011
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As you know, I dislike strong language, but this behaviour in a lady of rank, never mind a queen, is unthinkably disgusting.
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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