unimaginable en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /ˌʌnɪˈmædʒɪnəbəl/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English imagine Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English unimaginable From un- + imagine + -able.
Meanings
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Unable to be imagined; inconceivable or mind-boggling; beyond belief.
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.
2007 November 18, Jim Holt, “Mind of a Rock”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most unimaginable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more unimaginable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
Relateds
unimaginability · unimaginably
Translations (35)
hi कल्पनातीत (unable to be imagined) · pl niepojęty (unable to be imagined) · fi uskomaton (unable to be imagined) · ru невообразимый (unable to be imagined) · ast inimaxinable (unable to be imagined) · it inimmaginabile (unable to be imagined) · es inimaginable (unable to be imagined) · ca inimaginable (unable to be imagined) · ja 想像できない (unable to be imagined) · hu elképzelhetetlen (unable to be imagined) · pl niewyobrażalny (unable to be imagined) · eo neimagebla (unable to be imagined) · ro neimaginabil (unable to be imagined) · gl inimaxinábel (unable to be imagined) · pt impensável (unable to be imagined) · ka წარმოუდგენელი (unable to be imagined) · gv do-smooinaghtyn (unable to be imagined) · cmn 不可思議 /不可思议 (unable to be imagined) · ro inimaginabil (unable to be imagined) · fi ennalta-arvaamaton (unable to be imagined) · ja 考えられない (unable to be imagined) · de unvorstellbar (unable to be imagined) · gl inimaxinable (unable to be imagined) · sv otänkbar (unable to be imagined) · nl onvoorstelbaar (unable to be imagined) · te ఊహించలేని (unable to be imagined) · cmn 不能想像的 (unable to be imagined) · gv neusheiltynagh (unable to be imagined) · tr düşünelemez (unable to be imagined) · fr inimaginable (unable to be imagined) · cs nepředstavitelný (unable to be imagined) · gv neusmooinaghtagh (unable to be imagined) · hi अकल्पनीय (unable to be imagined) · pt inimaginável (unable to be imagined) · bg невъобразим (unable to be imagined)