unthinkable
pronunciation
How to pronounce unthinkable in British English:
UK [ʌnˈθɪŋkəbl]
How to pronounce unthinkable in American English:
US [ʌn'θɪŋkəbl]
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- Adjective:
- incapable of being conceived or considered
Word Origin
- unthinkable (adj.)
- early 15c., "too large to be conceived, unimaginable," from un- (1) "not" + think (v.) + -able. Meaning "incapable of being framed by thought" is recorded from mid-15c.
Antonym
Example
- 1. Economic progress has propelled once unthinkable social changes .
- 2. That would have been unthinkable 20 years ago .
- 3. Some measures proposed to calm the markets seem unthinkable to many germans .
- 4. It was an act of personal trust that would have been unthinkable not long before .
- 5. And yet what is unthinkable for 98 percent of citizens is mandatory for the tiny minority .