Unthinkable

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

ʌnˈθɪŋkəbəl

Definitions

Something, or various things collectively, that one dare not think about, dare not do, or dare not think about doing.

Equivalents

Españolimpensable

Françaisimpensable inconcevable incroyableinimaginable

Deutschundenkbar unvorstellbar

16 more languages

العربيةلَا يَخْطُرُ عَلَى الْبَالِ مستحيل

Danskutænkelig utrolig

Ελληνικάαδιανόητος

Suomikäsittämätön

Magyarelképzelhetetlen hihetetlen

Italianoimpensabile

日本語問題外

ქართულიდაუჯერებელი წარმოუდგენელი

한국어상상도 할 수 없는

Latinaincogitabilis

Nederlandsondenkbaar

Polskiniewiarygodne

Portuguêsimpensável

Românăimposibil inconceptibil incredibilinimaginabil neimaginabil

Русскийнемыслимый

Svenskaotänkbar

Examples

“Near-synonym: unspeakable”

“do the unthinkable”

“did the unthinkable”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
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See also

unthinkableness Unthinkably unthinker Unthinking Unthinkingly unthinkingness

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