unimaginable

adjective

un·​imag·​in·​able
ˌən-ə-ˈmaj-nə-bəl,
-ˈma-jə- How to pronounce unimaginable (audio)
: not imaginable or comprehensible
unimaginable horror
unimaginably
ˌən-ə-ˈmaj-nə-blē
-ˈma-jə How to pronounce unimaginable (audio)
adverb

Examples of unimaginable in a Sentence

the unimaginable horrors of war a disaster of almost unimaginable proportions This technology would have been unimaginable five years ago.
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Another dealer in southern California was selling a 2024 AWD Foundation Series Cybertruck for $80,000 – unimaginable a year ago. Brooke Crothers, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025 This effort to weaponize SEVIS against Harvard would probably have read as unimaginable or wildly far-fetched just a couple of months ago. New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 26 May 2025 Such a trip would be unimaginable, expensive, and dangerous today. Sean Woods, Rolling Stone, 24 May 2025 This is the story, unimaginable only a couple of weeks ago, of two men born a few years apart midway through the last century, suddenly sharing the international stage as the most powerful Americans on Earth. Ned Temko, Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for unimaginable

Word History

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unimaginable was in 1611

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“Unimaginable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unimaginable. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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