If you describe something as unimaginable, you are emphasizing that it is difficult to imagine or understand properly, because it is not part of people's normal experience.
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The scale of the fighting is almost unimaginable.
The children here have lived through unimaginable horrors.
Synonyms: inconceivable, incredible, unbelievable, unthinkable More Synonyms of unimaginable
Conditions in prisons out there are unimaginably bad.
unimaginable in British English
(ˌʌnɪˈmædʒɪnəbəl)
adjective
difficult or impossible to believe; inconceivable
Derived forms
unimaginably (ˌunimˈaginably)
adverb
Examples of 'unimaginable' in a sentence
unimaginable
Getting a degree was almost unimaginable to them.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Perhaps the day will come when we can listen to it differently, but for now that seems unimaginable.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This was intended to be mass murder on an unimaginable scale.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The closing years of her life brought unimaginable horrors.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
That such violence could erupt in such a gentle place seems almost unimaginable.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
That possibility seems unimaginable for most residents.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The years that followed saw destruction on a hitherto unimaginable scale.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It is a unique and vivid record of unimaginable horror.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The trial has been a truly mentally scarring experience on an unimaginable scale.
The Sun (2011)
In the process innocent youngsters may be spared unimaginable horrors.
The Sun (2013)
They were taken to a town centre hotel where they were subjected to the most unimaginable horrors for three hours.
The Sun (2006)
That poor dog suffered unimaginable horror.
The Sun (2009)
She had found the man she wanted to settle down with just as her career was taking off on an unimaginable scale.
The Sun (2015)
Something new, something unimaginable is striking into this place.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It was'a scene of almost unimaginable horror.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
And they rejoice in something hitherto unimaginable: security.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
And when they do, the gap between what might have been and the reality seems unimaginable.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It's a scene of almost unimaginable hysteria.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
And certainly great progress has been made, progress that seemed unimaginable not all that long ago.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Banks had received financial support on an almost unimaginable scale, he said.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
You look at the traffic in Istanbul today and it seems unimaginable that we could have done that.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
A world without colour would be almost unimaginable.
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We chart a journey that began with a previously unimaginable trip into space and may end with man landing on Mars.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The model is proven and the business has reached a scale probably unimaginable when he sold his first shirt from his student digs in Bristol.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
This was a person of my generation, my nationality and my culture, doing something unimaginable.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
His reward was a suit of the finest English cloth, something unimaginable for a poor working man.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
In other languages
unimaginable
British English: unimaginable ADJECTIVE
If you describe something as unimaginable, you are emphasizing that it is difficult to imagine or understand properly, because it is not part of people's normal experience.
The scale of the fighting is almost unimaginable.
American English: unimaginable
Brazilian Portuguese: inimaginável
Chinese: 难以想像的
European Spanish: inconcebible
French: inimaginable
German: unvorstellbar
Italian: inimmaginabile
Japanese: 想像を絶する
Korean: 상상할 수 없는
European Portuguese: inimaginável
Latin American Spanish: inconcebible
(adjective)
Definition
so unusual, great, or extreme that it is difficult to imagine or understand
The children here have lived through unimaginable horrors.
Synonyms
inconceivable
It was inconceivable to me that he could have been my own father.
incredible
Do not dismiss as incredible the stories your children tell you.
unbelievable
I find it unbelievable that people can accept this sort of behaviour.
unthinkable
Monday's unthinkable tragedy
impossible
You shouldn't promise what's impossible.
fantastic
unheard-of
It was unheard-of for someone so young to become a Member of Parliament.
mind-boggling (informal)
indescribable
ineffable
beyond your wildest dreams
Additional synonyms
in the sense of impossible
Definition
not able to be done or to happen
You shouldn't promise what's impossible.
Synonyms
unachievable,
hopeless,
out of the question,
vain,
unthinkable,
inconceivable,
far-fetched,
unworkable,
implausible,
unattainable,
unobtainable,
beyond you,
not to be thought of
in the sense of incredible
Definition
unbelievable
Do not dismiss as incredible the stories your children tell you.
Synonyms
unbelievable,
impossible,
absurd,
unthinkable,
questionable,
improbable,
inconceivable,
preposterous,
unconvincing,
unimaginable,
outlandish,
far-fetched,
implausible,
beyond belief,
cock-and-bull (informal),
not able to hold water
in the sense of unbelievable
Definition
too unlikely to be believed
I find it unbelievable that people can accept this sort of behaviour.
Synonyms
incredible,
impossible,
unthinkable,
astonishing,
staggering,
questionable,
improbable,
inconceivable,
preposterous,
unconvincing,
unimaginable,
outlandish,
far-fetched,
implausible,
beyond belief,
jaw-dropping,
eye-popping (informal),
cock-and-bull (informal)
Nearby words of
unimaginable
uniform
uniformity
unify
unimaginable
unimaginative
unimpassioned
unimpeachable
Synonyms of 'unimaginable'
unimaginable
Explore 'unimaginable' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of unheard-of
Definition
without precedent
It was unheard-of for someone so young to become a Member of Parliament.