Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Beyond what could be imagined; unimaginable. Often used with of:

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not dreamed; not thought of; not imagined: often followed by of.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Not dreamed, or dreamed of; not th�ught of; not imagined; -- often followed by of.

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  • verb Alternative spelling of undreamt.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective not imagined even in a dream

Etymologies

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un- + dreamed

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Examples

  • The oil explorers began to fan out over the globe, finding it in undreamed of quantities.

    The Industry Everybody Takes for Granted 1965

  • Not only have we found that the arable belt is very much larger than had been thought -- but that the forests and rocks contain undreamed of wealth.

    Canada's Century If … 1952

  • This week, Indiana Jim explores the second of the two Schwarzenegger Conan movies, Conan the Destroyer as part of our Summer of SciFi. conan_the_destroyerBetween the years when the oceans drank Atlantis, and the rise of the Sons of Arius, there was an age undreamed of; when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world.

    Cinema Viewfinder: Movie Review: Inglourious Basterds « Monster Scifi Show Blog 2009

  • His antic use of this never-failing formula got him briefly disowned by his American publisher and was claimed by Ballard as “pornographic science fiction,” but if you can read “The Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Considered As a Downhill Motor Race” or “Why I Want to Fuck Ronald Reagan” in search of sexual gratification, you must be jaded by disorders undreamed-of by this reviewer.

    The Catastrophist 2010

  • This week, Indiana Jim explores the second of the two Schwarzenegger Conan movies, Conan the Destroyer as part of our Summer of SciFi. conan_the_destroyerBetween the years when the oceans drank Atlantis, and the rise of the Sons of Arius, there was an age undreamed of; when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world.

    I Wonder about Wonder Woman. Don’t You? « Monster Scifi Show Blog 2010

  • This week, Indiana Jim explores the second of the two Schwarzenegger Conan movies, Conan the Destroyer as part of our Summer of SciFi. conan_the_destroyerBetween the years when the oceans drank Atlantis, and the rise of the Sons of Arius, there was an age undreamed of; when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world.

    2009 July 22 « Monster Scifi Show Blog 2009

  • Although, as I said before, I know only a few insects, I at once had the impression of something undreamed-of, something extremely bizarre — the impression, let us say, of an insect from the moon.

    A Different Stripe: 2010

  • This week, Indiana Jim explores the second of the two Schwarzenegger Conan movies, Conan the Destroyer as part of our Summer of SciFi. conan_the_destroyerBetween the years when the oceans drank Atlantis, and the rise of the Sons of Arius, there was an age undreamed of; when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world.

    Cinema Viewfinder: DVD Review: Green Lantern: First Flight « Monster Scifi Show Blog 2009

  • Although, as I said before, I know only a few insects, I at once had the impression of something undreamed-of, something extremely bizarre — the impression, let us say, of an insect from the moon.

    Commonplace 2010

  • This week, Indiana Jim explores the second of the two Schwarzenegger Conan movies, Conan the Destroyer as part of our Summer of SciFi. conan_the_destroyerBetween the years when the oceans drank Atlantis, and the rise of the Sons of Arius, there was an age undreamed of; when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world.

    footprint on the moon « Monster Scifi Show Blog 2009

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