Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not conceivable in the imagination.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not imaginable; not capable of being imagined, conceived, or thought of; inconceivable.
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- adjective unable to be
imagined ;inconceivable ormind-boggling ;beyond belief
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- adjective totally unlikely
Etymologies
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Examples
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In his TV speech Saturday, Prime Minister Sharaf said Egypt's citizens are "the root of all sovereignty and source of all authority" — a phrase unimaginable in Mubarak's days.
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In his TV speech Saturday, Prime Minister Sharaf said Egypt's citizens are "the root of all sovereignty and source of all authority" — a phrase unimaginable in Mubarak's days.
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LOS ANGELES Reuters - Oprah Winfrey received an honorary Oscar for her charitable work on Saturday in what she called an unimaginable moment for a black woman who grew up poor in Mississippi and rose to the top of Hollywood stardom.
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How many Chinese brutally murdered in unimaginable ways.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Israeli Version of Ship Incident 2010
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Mac: Chris, there are going to be very, very few illegals who are going to cooperate with us against the smuggling issues or any other issues related to the cartels and their families would be dead, after being tortured in unimaginable ways, long before they could get out of the country.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Kobach on Arizona’s Immigration Law 2010
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Ms. LOVELUCK: The history of the Atacama Desert is crowned with tragedy, endless strikes, hunger marches, deadly accidents, and miners murdered in unimaginable massacres, all of this as a result of a long list of labor, social and moral injustices against miners.
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Isolated on a remote estate and imprisoned by relentless snow, the story of Ralph and Catherine unfolds in unimaginable ways.
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Looking at the magnitude of the economic crisis, this particular recession could have been much worse, hence increasing Black unemployment in unimaginable ways.
Charles D. Ellison: While We're on Having "Your Back," Mr. President ... Charles D. Ellison 2010
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I thought about bookmarking it for certain unimaginable future situations but realized I was fooling myself & wasting my time and effort.
Music Artist Cloud Shows You New Music | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Chris, there are going to be very, very few illegals who are going to cooperate with us against the smuggling issues or any other issues related to the cartels and their families would be dead, after being tortured in unimaginable ways, long before they could get out of the country.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Kobach on Arizona’s Immigration Law 2010
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