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increditable

increditable adjective: incapable of being believed; not creditable.

Adjective

increditable (comparative more increditable, superlative most increditable)

  1. (rare) Incapable of being believed; not creditable.
    • Increditable as it may seem, we suspect the Constitution of irony.1860 July 11, "The President, Mr. Vanderbilt, and the Pacific Mails" (editorial), New York Times (retrieved 26 Nov 2011)
    • [T]he shopmen . . ., increditable as it may sound, used to demand of us upon our entrance, like banditti, if we came with money or with empty hand.1887, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter 13, in Memories and Portraits

Synonyms of increditable

Forms of increditable

comparativemore increditable
superlativemost increditable

Origin of increditable

From in- + creditable.

Questions about increditable

What does increditable mean?
Increditable means incapable of being believed; not creditable.
What part of speech is increditable?
Increditable is an adjective.

Words near increditable in the dictionary

  1. Incredible Hulks
  2. incredibleness
  3. incredibley
  4. incredibly
  5. incredibubble
  6. increditable
  7. incredited
  8. increds
  9. incredulities
  10. incredulity
  11. incredulosity

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