unconceivable
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of unconceivable
First recorded in 1605–15; un- 1 + conceivable
Example Sentences
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They could explain why a new material remains superconducting even at extremely high magnetic fields -- a property that is missing in conventional superconductors, with the potential to enable previously unconceivable technological applications.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 31, 2024
Truly it might be conceived to be some rare thing, equivalent to such unconceivable benefits.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
Then we trade for Feathers, which they order into all Shapes, make themselves little short Habits of ’em, and glorious Wreaths for their Heads, Necks, Arms and Legs, whose Tinctures are unconceivable.
From The Works of Aphra Behn Volume V by Summers, Montague
Doubtless, from that height the saint can look behind him and before him; and to compare past with present things must needs raise in the blessed soul an unconceivable esteem and sense of its condition.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir
The tongue is a contexture of small muscles and nerves so very supple, that it winds and turns like a serpent, with unconceivable mobility and pliantness.
From The Existence of God by Morley, Henry
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