unimaginable
gb/ˌʌnɪmˈæd͡ʒɪnəbəl/ us/ˌʌnɪmˈæd͡ʒɪnəbəl/
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English
felfoghatatlan, elképzelhetetlen
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Usage pattern:
unimaginable + [noun]
The earthquake caused unimaginable destruction across the region.
A földrengés az egész térségben felfoghatatlan pusztítást okozott.
She felt unimaginable relief when she heard everyone was safe.
Amikor meghallotta, hogy mindenki biztonságban van, leírhatatlan megkönnyebbülést érzett.
They lived in unimaginable luxury compared with the rest of the town.
Learner examples
The heat was unimaginable.
A hőség felfoghatatlan volt.
He went through unimaginable pain.
Felfoghatatlan fájdalmon ment keresztül.
Common mistake:
Do not confuse with unimaginative (not creative) or unimaginable (the opposite of imaginable).
Meaning
extremely great or severe
Collocations
unimaginable pain
|unimaginable suffering
|unimaginable hardship
|unimaginable horror
|unimaginable destruction
|unimaginable loss
|unimaginable wealth
|unimaginable scale
|unimaginable pressure
|unimaginable opportunity
Synonyms
inconceivable (Often suggests something is hard to believe as well as hard to imagine.)
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unthinkable (Often implies something is shocking or unacceptable to consider.)
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mind-boggling (More informal and focuses on being astonishing.)
Antonyms
imaginable (Possible to picture or consider.)
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conceivable (Possible to believe or accept as possible.)
Themes
emotions
|intensifiers
|evaluation
Definition
extremely big, bad, good, or surprising—more than you can imagine
So great, intense, or extreme that it is hard to imagine or fully understand.
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Usage pattern:
unimaginable to [someone] | it is unimaginable that [clause]
Life without the internet is almost unimaginable to many teenagers.
Sok tinédzser számára az internet nélküli élet szinte elképzelhetetlen.
It was unimaginable that the small startup would become a global brand.
Elképzelhetetlen volt, hogy a kis startupból globális márka legyen.
The distances involved in space travel are still largely unimaginable to most of us.
Learner examples
It is unimaginable that he lied.
Elképzelhetetlen, hogy hazudott.
This kind of technology was unimaginable fifty years ago.
Ötven évvel ezelőtt ez a fajta technológia elképzelhetetlen volt.
Common mistake:
In this sense, it usually refers to a real limit of imagination, not just strong emphasis.
Meaning
impossible to picture mentally
Collocations
unimaginable to most people
|almost unimaginable
|virtually unimaginable
|seem unimaginable
|become unimaginable
Synonyms
beyond imagining (A close synonym that is often used as a phrase.)
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unfathomable (Emphasizes something cannot be fully understood.)
Antonyms
imaginable (Possible to picture or form an idea of.)
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thinkable (Possible to consider as an idea.)
Themes
thinking
|communication
Definition
not possible to imagine
Not able to be imagined or pictured in the mind, especially because there is no familiar point of reference.
Grammar
Dictionary form
unimaginable
IPA
GB/ˌʌnɪmˈæd͡ʒɪnəbəl/
US/ˌʌnɪmˈæd͡ʒɪnəbəl/
Syllables & stress
un - ima - gin - able (4 syllables)
Stress on 3rd syllable (gin)
Word forms
Adjective
- Base: unimaginable
Expressions
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