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
The idea that any of God’s creatures could just vanish from the earth was simply unthinkable.
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Tim Gallagher, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
Trump egging on supporters to attack the U.S. Capitol to interrupt the certification of the 2020 election is still unthinkable, an affront to democracy.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024
This kind of candor about mental health would have been unthinkable a decade ago.
—Brendan Keegan, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
Not long ago, such activist drama at Southwest would have been unthinkable.
—Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2024
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Tim Gallagher, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
Trump egging on supporters to attack the U.S. Capitol to interrupt the certification of the 2020 election is still unthinkable, an affront to democracy.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024
This kind of candor about mental health would have been unthinkable a decade ago.
—Brendan Keegan, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
Not long ago, such activist drama at Southwest would have been unthinkable.
—Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unthinkable
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On top of the track views, the space also features incredible food options and entertainment space.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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My cousin was thrilled with the incredible support from the fans and is deeply grateful for Christian’s generosity.Bryan West, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2024
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On her face is something halfway between a grimace and an incredulous smile—a facial expression that many Harris supporters likely recognize as a universal, exasperated response to a Trump rant.Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2024
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In the interim, Gore made another call to an incredulous Bush to retract his concession.Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
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By way of Mike Curb, Motown also became the unlikely home of Pat Boone, the unabashedly wholesome (and religious) crooner and actor who’d become one of rock’s earliest stars thanks to his covers of songs by Little Richard and Fats Domino.David Browne, Rolling Stone, 8 Dec. 2024
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Despite some public discussions about that prospect, that scenario—while not impossible—seems unlikely at the moment.Shane Croucher, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
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The fish experiment did convince him, and other researchers, that a human brain microbiome is not impossible.Yasemin Saplakoglu, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
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This naïve notion, backed by some supporters of the incoming administration, would reduce U.S. involvement in the war to a minimum, forcing Europe to provide all remaining support, a near impossible feat.Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
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The awesome parts—expelling a new person out of my own body, say—were, quite literally, inconceivable.Alice Gregory, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
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Former President Donald Trump won the state 56% to 43% on Tuesday, a 13-point win that was inconceivable even to his most die-hard supporters four years ago.Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 10 Nov. 2024
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Un Último Sueño, Gira Los Estadios achieved the unimaginable for Morat: filling 25 stadiums, in 15 cities across 10 countries, with an attendance total of 800,000 people.Natalia Cano, Billboard, 14 Dec. 2024
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What would have been unimaginable and unfathomable to city politicians and residents in 2014 is not a number of homicides under 200 in a year but a number over 300 annually — a number Baltimore reached in 2015 and sustained through 2022!Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 12 Dec. 2024
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The blanket of sulfate aerosols that dropped global temperatures was about to unleash an ecologically unbelievable year around the world.Scott Travers, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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The film blends fact and fiction, though some of the most unbelievable parts are true.Robert Sullivan, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Unthinkable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unthinkable. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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