unimaginable

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ imagine +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌʌnɪˈmædʒɪnəbəl/

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Adjective

unimaginable (comparative more unimaginable, superlative most unimaginable)

1. Unable to be imagined; inconceivable or mind-boggling; beyond belief.
   • 2007 November 18, Jim Holt, “Mind of a Rock”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     But at the microlevel it consists of an unimaginable number of atoms connected by springy chemical bonds, all jiggling around at a rate that even our fastest supercomputer might envy.

Antonyms

• imaginable

Related terms

• unimaginability
• unimaginably

Translations

unable to be imagined

• Asturian: inimaxinable
• Bulgarian: невъобразим (bg) (nevǎobrazim)
• Catalan: inimaginable (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不能想像的 (bù néng xiǎngxiàng de), 不可思議／不可思议 (zh) (bùkěsīyì)

• Czech: nepředstavitelný m
• Dutch: onvoorstelbaar (nl)
• Esperanto: neimagebla
• Finnish: uskomaton (fi), ennalta-arvaamaton
• French: inimaginable (fr)
• Galician: inimaxinable (gl), inimaxinábel (gl)
• Georgian: წარმოუდგენელი (c̣armoudgeneli)
• German: unvorstellbar (de)
• Hungarian: elképzelhetetlen (hu)
• Italian: inimmaginabile (it)
• Japanese: 考えられない (ja) (kangaerarenai), 想像できない (ja) (sōzō dekinai)
• Manx: do-smooinaghtyn, neusheiltynagh, neusmooinaghtagh
• Polish: niepojęty (pl), niewyobrażalny (pl)
• Portuguese: inimaginável (pt), impensável
• Romanian: inimaginabil (ro), neimaginabil (ro)
• Russian: невообразимый (ru) (nevoobrazimyj)
• Spanish: inimaginable
• Swedish: otänkbar (sv)
• Telugu: ఊహించలేని (ūhiñcalēni)
• Turkish: düşünelemez