Unthinkable

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• unthinkable — is still used in its original meaning ‘unable to be imagined or grasped in the mind’: • You wander…in cool glades of unthinkable beauty Westminster Gazette, 1897. But far more common now is the extended and more evaluative meaning ‘too unlikely… …   Modern English usage

• unthinkable — [unthiŋ′kə bəl] adj. [ME unthenkable] 1. beyond the ability to understand or imagine; inconceivable 2. so extreme, foul, etc. as to be unfit to be imagined or considered [unthinkable war crimes] unthinkably adv …   English World dictionary

• unthinkable — index implausible, impossible, incomprehensible, incredible, infeasible, ludicrous, prodigious (amazing) …   Law dictionary

• unthinkable — (adj.) early 15c., too large to be conceived, unimaginable, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + thinkable (see THINK (Cf. think)). Meaning incapable of being framed by thought is recorded from mid 15c …   Etymology dictionary

• unthinkable — [adj] incredible, unusual absurd, beyond belief, beyond possibility, exceptional, extraordinary, illogical, implausible, impossible, improbable, incogitable, inconceivable, insupportable, outlandish, out of the question*, preposterous, rare,… …   New thesaurus

• unthinkable — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ too unlikely or undesirable to be considered a possibility. DERIVATIVES unthinkably adverb …   English terms dictionary

• unthinkable — adj. 1) unthinkable to + inf. (it would be unthinkable to build a house so close to the river) 2) unthinkable that + clause (it is unthinkable that they would even make such an offer) * * * [ʌn θɪŋkəb(ə)l] unthinkable that + clause (it is… …   Combinatory dictionary

• unthinkable — [[t]ʌnθɪ̱ŋkəb(ə)l[/t]] 1) ADJ: usu v link ADJ (emphasis) If you say that something is unthinkable, you are emphasizing that it cannot possibly be accepted or imagined as a possibility. Her strong Catholic beliefs made abortion unthinkable. Syn:… …   English dictionary

• unthinkable — un|think|a|ble [ʌnˈθıŋkəbəl] adj 1.) impossible to accept or imagine ▪ It is unthinkable that a mistake like this could have happened. it would be unthinkable for sb to do sth ▪ It would be unthinkable for me to stay anywhere but with the family …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• unthinkable — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem ▪ make sth ▪ consider sth ▪ This would have been considered unthinkable only a decade ago. ADVERB …   Collocations dictionary