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Meanings of unthinkable in English

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Incapable of being conceived or considered.

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        Usage of unthinkable in English
        1
        It was no longer unthinkable, though, which was certainly a large change.
        Dexter Is Dead
        2
        To use such a weapon was virtually unthinkable, particularly over American territory.
        One minute to midnight: kennedy, khrushchev, and castro on the b...
        3
        And Relate is currently dealing with a divorce problem unthinkable in 1938.
        The Guardian
        4
        It's unthinkable that a family with young children could be sleeping rough.
        The Irish Times
        5
        It's no longer unthinkable that Facebook could one day return to China.
        Reuters
        6
        The competition that had developed among the different races rendered it unthinkable.
        Seveneves
        7
        A return to the old days of violence is an unthinkable scenario.
        The Irish Times
        8
        Perhaps it's time to start thinking the unthinkable and to move on?
        The Irish Times
        9
        Michael's answer would be unthinkable in swaths of Manhattan: He's doing wonderful.
        The Guardian
        10
        Such a dialogue would have been unthinkable just a few weeks ago.
        Reuters
        11
        Now it's the idea that they could possibly go ahead that's unthinkable.
        The Irish Times
        12
        The family room held those just ambushed by the unthinkable and unforeseen.
        Cross Bones
        13
        A few weeks ago the unthinkable happened at Disneyland in Anaheim, California.
        The Irish Times
        14
        Then a space probe confirms the unthinkable: Rama is no natural object.
        The Complete Rama Omnibus
        15
        A risky event that was unthinkable three years ago now seems unstoppable.
        The Guardian
        16
        The next hour, the next minute could make the unthinkable a reality.
        Midnight hero
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