It was next to unthinkable that the boy would steal.
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Unthinkable
/ʌnˈθɪŋkəbəl/
Synonyms for "unthinkable" (91 found)
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Closest matches (19)
a bit thicka bit thinabsurdbarredbeyond beliefclosed-outcontrary to reasondoubtabledoubtfuldubiousdubitableexceptionalexcludedextraordinaryhard of beliefhard to believehopeless
Strong matches (27)
illogicalimplausibleimpossibleimprobableincomprehensibleinconceivableincrediblelaughablelogically impossibleludicrousmind-blowingmind-bogglingnot deserving beliefnot possiblenot to be believedopen to doubtopen to suspicionout of the questionoutrageousoxymoronic
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Adjective(6 words)
Related words (45)
passing beliefphenomenalpreposterousproblematicproblematicalprohibitedquestionquestionablerareridiculousruled-outself-contradictorysingularstaggering beliefsuspectsuspicioustallthickthinunacceptable
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Adjective(10 words)
red lineremotereprehensibletaboounfathomableunimaginableunimaginablenessunlikelyunspeakablezero probability
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14 entriescatastrophic eventegregious misconductethical breachheinous offenseimpossibilityincomprehensible ideainconceivabilitylow probabilitypolicy breachrare eventremote possibilityreprehensible actunimaginable eventunimaginableness
Collocations
10 entriesthe unthinkableunthinkable actunthinkable barrierunthinkable consequencesunthinkable costunthinkable eventunthinkable propositionunthinkable scaleunthinkable scenariounthinkable threshold
Inflections
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6 entriesSample sentences
21 total sentences available.
It is practically unthinkable that a scientist of his stature would have made such an elementary mistake.
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Essentially it's a one-to-one match, but the content of that match is a level so high as to be unthinkable to an ordinary person.
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Productive thinking and creativity are unthinkable without imagination.
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