A few years ago it would have been inconceivable for Japan to send troops overseas.
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Inconceivable
//ɪn.kənˈsiː.və.bl̩//
Synonyms for "inconceivable" (99 found)
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Related words (49)
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1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
52 translations across 27 languages.
Asturian
1 entries- inconcebible adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
Belarusian
2 entries- невыабража́льны adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
- непасці́жны adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
Bulgarian
2 entries- невъобрази́м adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
- неми́слим adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
Catalan
1 entries- inconcebible adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 不可思議 /不可思议 adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
- 難以置信 /难以置信 adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
Czech
1 entries- nepředstavitelný adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
Dutch
2 entries- ongelofelijk adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
- onvoorstelbaar adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
Esperanto
1 entries- neimagebla adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
Finnish
2 entries- käsittämätön adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
- uskomaton adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
French
1 entries- inconcevable adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
Galician
2 entries- inconcibible adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
- inconcibíbel adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
Georgian
2 entries- დაუჯერებელი adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
- წარმოუდგენელი adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
German
4 entries- nicht wahrnehmbar adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
- unbegreiflich adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
- unfassbar adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
- unfasslich adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
Greek
1 entries- ακατανόητος adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
Hungarian
4 entries- elgondolhatatlan adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
- elképzelhetetlen adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
- felfoghatatlan adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
- hihetetlen adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
Italian
1 entries- inconcepibile adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
Latin
1 entries- incōgitābilis adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- utenkelig adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- utenkeleg adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
- utenkjeleg adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
Polish
2 entries- niepojęty adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
- niewyobrażalny adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
Portuguese
1 entries- inconcebível adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
Romanian
4 entries- de neconceput adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
- de nepriceput adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
- de neînțeles adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
- neconceptibil adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
Russian
3 entries- невообрази́мый adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
- немы́слимый adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
- непостижи́мый adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
Spanish
1 entries- inconcebible adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
Swedish
2 entries- obegriplig adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
- ofattbar adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
Tibetan
1 entries- བསམ་ཡས adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
Ukrainian
3 entries- незбагне́нний adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
- неми́слимий adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
- неуявле́нний adj (unable to be conceived, unbelievable)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
It is inconceivable to me that he would do such a thing.
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It's inconceivable that you would talk on the phone whilst behind the wheel.
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Salvation from this misery is inconceivable.
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