ˌən-ə-ˈmaj-nə-bəl
as in incredible
too extraordinary or improbable to believe
a nearly unimaginable string of coincidences
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Recent Examples of unimaginable
The family is now facing an unimaginable loss and a very long road ahead.
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Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
Like many Western North Carolina communities, the town of Saluda, located just 35 miles south of Asheville, experienced unimaginable devastation in the wake of Hurricane Helene in September 2024—with some residents losing their homes and livelihoods.
—Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 5 July 2025
While Ukraine managed to shoot some of them down, likely with the Patriot system, the ones that slipped through caused unimaginable suffering.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 4 July 2025
This will lead to either a big squeezing out (and cutting off) of spending and/or unimaginable tax increases or a lot of printing and devaluing of money and pushing interest rates to unattractively low levels.
—Ray Dalio, Time, 3 July 2025
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Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
Like many Western North Carolina communities, the town of Saluda, located just 35 miles south of Asheville, experienced unimaginable devastation in the wake of Hurricane Helene in September 2024—with some residents losing their homes and livelihoods.
—Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 5 July 2025
While Ukraine managed to shoot some of them down, likely with the Patriot system, the ones that slipped through caused unimaginable suffering.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 4 July 2025
This will lead to either a big squeezing out (and cutting off) of spending and/or unimaginable tax increases or a lot of printing and devaluing of money and pushing interest rates to unattractively low levels.
—Ray Dalio, Time, 3 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unimaginable
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As officials continue to confirm deaths and search for those missing after the Texas Hill Country floods on Friday, locals have started to share stories of incredible acts of bravery and heroism amid a weekend of anguish.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
6 July 2025
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This adds incredible complexity to a tax code that was already opaque.—
Martin Shenkman,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
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Since being posted, the video has been viewed more than 8 million times and liked by over 160,000 users, leaving viewers both entertained and incredulous.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 June 2025
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As detectives searched the house in the days after the fire, evidence of the incredulous story the young man told in the back of the ambulance began to emerge.—
Lauren Mascarenhas,
CNN,
23 Mar. 2025
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Their unlikely bond reveals the true nature of dragons, challenging the very foundations of Viking society.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
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Nutrient deficiencies are unlikely to cause leaf browning, so fertilizer is not the answer to brown leaves.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 July 2025
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Nowadays, both men and women are serving faster than ever before, with players regularly reaching service speeds that were once thought to be nearly impossible.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
8 July 2025
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No sign yet of the Qualcomm fixes from last month which triggered a U.S. government update mandate for federal staff, with a deadline that was impossible to hit.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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These are monumental achievements, inconceivable in the past, that will allow the state to navigate the swings and roundabouts a deluded Congress imposes on us.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
5 July 2025
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With the new high-rise apartments on offer, investors—so far, mainly locals and Albanians living overseas—are paying prices that would have been inconceivable just five years ago.—
Zoë Dare Hall,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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Talks between Israel and Syria are ongoing, which would have been unthinkable during the reign of former dictator Bashar al-Assad, whose partnership with Iran and insistence that Israel hand over the Golan Heights to Damascus in exchange for normalization nipped any détente in the bud.—
Daniel R. DePetris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 July 2025
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Pandemic aside, such a hectic schedule on a square featuring 24 pitches (including practice nets) has pretty much been the norm since Dodds’ appointment in the spring of 2011, meaning time off in the summer months is usually unthinkable.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
9 July 2025
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Truly, it’s been an unbelievable experience from the beginning to getting the call all the way to now.—
Nicole Fell,
HollywoodReporter,
4 July 2025
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The serum had a luxurious feel, absorbed quickly, and has an unbelievable smell!—
Gina Vaynshteyn,
StyleCaster,
2 July 2025
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