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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From {{confix|un|imagine|able|lang=en}}.
From {{af|en|un-|imagine|-able|id1=negative}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˌʌnɪˈmædʒɪnəbəl/}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-unimaginable.wav|a=Southern England}}


===Adjective===
===Adjective===
{{en-adj}}
{{en-adj}}


# [[unable]] to be [[imagined]]; [[inconceivable]] or [[mind-boggling]]; [[beyond belief]]
# {{1|unable}} to be [[imagined]]; [[inconceivable]] or [[mind-boggling]]; [[beyond belief]].
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=18-11-2007|author=Jim Holt|title=Mind of a Rock|work=New York Times|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/18/magazine/18wwln-lede-t.html
|passage=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====
====Antonyms====
* [[imaginable]]
* {{l|en|imaginable}}


====Related terms====
====Related terms====
* [[unimaginability]]
* {{l|en|unimaginability}}
* [[unimaginably]]
* {{l|en|unimaginably}}


====Translations====
====Translations====
{{trans-top|unable to be imagined}}
{{trans-top|unable to be imagined}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|inimaginable}}
* Asturian: {{t|ast|inimaxinable}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|невъобразим}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|inimaginable}}
* Chinese:
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: [[不]][[能]][[想像]][[的]] (bù néng xiǎngxiàng de), {{t+|cmn|不可思議|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|不可思议|tr=bùkěsīyì|sc=Hani}}
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|[[不]][[能]][[想像]][[的]]|tr=bù néng xiǎngxiàng de}}, {{t+|cmn|不可思議|tr=bùkěsīyì}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|nepředstavitelný|m}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|nepředstavitelný|m}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|onvoorstelbaar}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|neimagebla}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|uskomaton}}, {{t|fi|ennalta-arvaamaton}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|uskomaton}}, {{t|fi|ennalta-arvaamaton}}
* French: {{t+|fr|inimaginable}}
* French: {{t+|fr|inimaginable}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|inimaxinable}}, {{t+|gl|inimaxinábel}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|წარმოუდგენელი}}
* German: {{t+|de|unvorstellbar}}
* German: {{t+|de|unvorstellbar}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|elképzelhetetlen}}
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* Italian: {{t+|it|inimmaginabile}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|考える|alt=考えられない|tr=kangaerarenai}}, {{t+|ja|想像|alt=想像できない|tr=sōzō dekinai}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|考える|alt=考えられない|tr=kangaerarenai}}, {{t+|ja|想像|alt=想像できない|tr=sōzō dekinai}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|inimaginabil|m|n}}, {{t+|ro|neimaginabil|m|n}}, {{t|ro|neînchipuibil}}
* Manx: {{t|gv|do-smooinaghtyn}}, {{t|gv|neusheiltynagh}}, {{t|gv|neusmooinaghtagh}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|niepojęty}}, {{t+|pl|niewyobrażalny}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inimaginável}}, {{t|pt|impensável}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|inimaginabil}}, {{t+|ro|neimaginabil}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|невообразимый}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|невообразимый}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|inimaginable}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|inimaginable}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|otänkbar}}
* Telugu: {{t|te|ఊహించలేని}} (oohinchalEni)
* Telugu: {{t|te|ఊహించలేని}}
* Turkish: {{t|tr|düşünelemez}}
* Turkish: {{t|tr|düşünelemez}}
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{{trans-bottom}}

[[zh-min-nan:unimaginable]]
[[ca:unimaginable]]
[[de:unimaginable]]
[[et:unimaginable]]
[[fr:unimaginable]]
[[ko:unimaginable]]
[[hy:unimaginable]]
[[io:unimaginable]]
[[it:unimaginable]]
[[ku:unimaginable]]
[[hu:unimaginable]]
[[ml:unimaginable]]
[[my:unimaginable]]
[[pl:unimaginable]]
[[ta:unimaginable]]
[[te:unimaginable]]
[[vi:unimaginable]]
[[zh:unimaginable]]

Latest revision as of 12:07, 26 October 2024

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ imagine +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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

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Translations

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