UNIMAGINABLE Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

unimaginable

adjective

ˌən-ə-ˈmaj-nə-bəl

Definition of unimaginable

as in incredible

too extraordinary or improbable to believe a nearly unimaginable string of coincidences

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Recent Examples of unimaginable China has since created spacecraft for communications; navigation; and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance that would have been unimaginable to PLA officials who observed Desert Storm. — Kathleen Curlee, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2026 In fractured times, in a national media scrum unimaginable just a few decades ago, what is the proper way to approach a job like this? — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026 The new mountaineering movies are delirious vicarious cinema, employing technological means and a filmmaking bravado that comes with them that would have been unimaginable three or four decades ago. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026 The center, for better or worse, of the artificial intelligence and tech industries, worth unimaginable trillions in the form of capital investments at Nvidia, OpenAI, Anthropic, Alphabet, Apple and others. — Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unimaginable

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Adjective

The quick thinking to observe, to then park and follow someone into the school is incredible and undoubtedly saved people.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
There's an incredible amount to explore between northern lights hunting sessions.

— Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of incredible

Adjective

In a true turn of events that would seem almost incredulous in a Hollywood script, the boss of a now defunct production company that specialized in true crime is wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026
The title comes from a phrase that became part of his creative vocabulary and began appearing in sketches whenever an absurd situation called for a perfectly incredulous response.

— Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of incredulous

Adjective

Well, not necessarily unhittable, but impossible to score runs against.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
The documentary contains, through her participation and performance, the accommodation that facts alone are insufficient and maybe impossible.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of impossible

Adjective

But the story of twentieth-century democracy from Watergate to the Pentagon Papers is inconceivable without print.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026
Technology, public taste and economic conditions all contributed to its once-inconceivable drastic makeover.

— Rick Nicita, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of inconceivable

Adjective

But recent polling suggests Democrats could also capture the Senate, giving them full control of Congress — once an almost-unthinkable prospect.

— Theodoric Meyer, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2026
But empathy for them is still unthinkable for many in Israel, with memories raw.

— Cara Anna, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of unthinkable

Adjective

What Zoe [Kazan] has done with Steinbeck’s East of Eden is just unbelievable.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
Marking 20 years as a band last month, and realizing we’ve been nominated 19 times for vocal group of the year, is unbelievable.

— Melinda Newman, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of unbelievable

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