unconceivable

[uhn-kuh n-see-vuh-buh l] /ˌʌn kənˈsi və bəl/

adjective, Archaic.

inconceivable.

Origin of unconceivable

1605-1615

First recorded in 1605-15; un-¹ + conceivable

Related forms

unconceivableness, noun

unconceivably, adverb

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The responsibility of the individual to his government was unconceivable and inconceivable.

The Career of Leonard Wood Joseph Hamblen Sears
But when we make a generall assertion, unlesse it be a true one, the possibility of it is unconceivable.

Leviathan Thomas Hobbes
The immortality of the soul is as unconceivable as, in all strictness, is its absolute mortality.

Tragic Sense Of Life Miguel de Unamuno

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