Sentence examples for Unthinkable from inspiring English sources

"unthinkable" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to describe ideas, events, or situations that are so far beyond the realms of expectation that they are inconceivable. Example: It is almost unthinkable that the country could become destabilized by civil war.

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Unthinkable

adjective

Incapable of being believed; incredible.

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A digital camera would have been unthinkable, colour out of the question.

And for a leadership already grappling with separatist movements in the western regions Tibet and Xinjiang, any sort of successful independence movement would set an unthinkable precedent.

Similar protests on the mainland would be unthinkable – even organisers of seemingly benign demonstrations are subject to extreme intimidation, even prosecution.

As someone with an English mother, to be in favour of Welsh nationalism was unthinkable.

As phone coverage continues to increase around the world, it will provide more people with opportunities to access funds and services previously unthinkable.

It is unthinkable too in the mindset of Fianna Fáil – the most successful party in western Europe since the second world war.

No composer since can avoid the shadow of this great icon of the 20th century, and score after score by modern masters would be unthinkable without its model.

When I came out as gay the sort of hysteria that has since overwhelmed my country was unthinkable.

Speaking in 2009, Yablokov, a former Russian prosecutor, said the legal case would have been unthinkable in the past, but had become depressingly possible in light of recent Kremlin moves to rehabilitate Stalin and to portray him as an efficient leader.

In turn, such perception of horse trading between the DUP and Sinn Féin unnerves those in the republican community who previously supported the Adams-McGuinness leadership but now are uncertain as to where the new, once unthinkable alliance is taking their project.

It was this that brought forth the Edinburgh agreement on an independence referendum – something unthinkable even just a couple of years ago.

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