unthinkable
/ʌnˈθɪŋkəbəl/
unthinkable adjective: that cannot be believed.
Adjective
unthinkable (comparative more unthinkable, superlative most unthinkable)
- That cannot be believed.
- Near-synonyms: unbelievable, incredible, inconceivable
- Synonyms:
- unbelievable, incredible, inconceivable
- Inconceivable or unimaginable; extremely improbable in a way that goes against common sense.
- Near-synonyms: inconceivable, imponderable
- Nothing is unthinkable, nothing impossible to the balanced person, provided it comes out of the needs of life and is dedicated to life's further development
- Synonyms:
- inconceivable, imponderable
- Extremely improper; extremely at odds with norms of expected behavior.
- Near-synonyms: taboo, unspeakable, unutterable, inconceivable
- I want you to know that P.A.C. will pay for a child psychiatrist to come in and testify on behalf of the child so that the homosexual father will not be able to have that little girl overnight and weekends to expose her to what is unthinkable.1980 December 20, Von Carswell, quotee, “Still At It”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 22, page 2
- Synonyms:
- taboo, unspeakable, unutterable, inconceivable
Noun
unthinkable (countable and uncountable, plural unthinkables)
- Something, or various things collectively, that one dares not think about or do.
- Near-synonym: unspeakable
- do the unthinkable
- Synonyms:
- unspeakable
unthinkable meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada
unthinkable in Hindi
- incapable of being believed; incredible
- कल्पनातीत kalpanātīt, अकल्पनीय akalpanīya
- inconceivable or unimaginable; extremely improbable in a way that goes against common sense
- अकल्पनीय akalpanīya, कल्पनातीत kalpanātīt
unthinkable in Tamil
- கற்பனைக்கும் எட்டாத, நினைக்க ஒன்னாத
unthinkable in Malayalam
- അചിന്തനീയമായ, അസംഭാവ്യമായ, ചിന്തിച്ചിട്ടു കാര്യമില്ലാത്ത, അചിന്ത്യമായ
unthinkable in Kannada
- ನೆನೆಯಲಾಗದ, ಬಗೆಯಲಾಗದ, ಅರಿದು, ಘೋರವಾದ, ಭಯಂಕರವಾದ, ಯೋಚಿಸಲೂ ಆಗದ
More languagesFewer languages
- unthinkable in Arabic
- لَا يَخْطُرُ عَلَى الْبَالِ lā yaḵṭuru ʕalā l-bāli
Examples of unthinkable in a sentence
- The ruling also comes amid calls from an opposition party for a review of the royal insult law, which would have been unthinkable just a few years ago.2021 November 10, Panarat Thepgumpanat, Chayut Setboonsarng, “Thai court rules students' royal reform call sought to overthrow monarchy”...
- It reopened as St Pancras Renaissance Hotel London in the early part of this century, and it now seens unthinkable to demolish such a structure.2023 August 23, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Check out Britain's famous station hotels: St Pancras”, in RAIL, number 990, page 61:
Synonyms of unthinkable
Forms of unthinkable
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more unthinkable |
| superlative | most unthinkable |
| Noun | |
| countable | uncountable |
| plural | unthinkables |
Origin of unthinkable
From un- + think + -able.
Words formed from unthinkable
Questions about unthinkable
- What does unthinkable mean?
- Unthinkable means that cannot be believed.
- What is unthinkable in Hindi?
- Unthinkable in Hindi is कल्पनातीत (kalpanātīt), अकल्पनीय (akalpanīya). See Unthinkable meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use unthinkable in a sentence?
- The ruling also comes amid calls from an opposition party for a review of the royal insult law, which would have been unthinkable just a few years ago.
- What part of speech is unthinkable?
- Unthinkable can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce unthinkable?
- Unthinkable is pronounced /ʌnˈθɪŋkəbəl/.
Words near unthinkable in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: unthinkable (page history and authors); unthinkable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unthinkable (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unthinkable (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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