suppose
verb (used with object)
to assume (something) for the sake of argument, as part of a proposition or theory, a problem set to be solved as an exercise, etc..
unsupposable
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a word derived from
suppose.
Example Sentences
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It was unsupposable that he would ever marry; nobody ever had supposed it.
From The Golden Road by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
It was unsupposable that Marilla was making fun of her, but Mrs. Rachel was almost forced to suppose it.
From Anne of Green Gables by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
He should miss the great man completely unless the great man should come to see him, and the great man could only come to see him for a purpose unsupposable.
From The Wings of the Dove, Volume II by Henry James
That he could take advantage of the technical "damage" done was quite unsupposable.
From Tom Slade at Temple Camp by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
It was unsupposable that a hired boy, with little education and less experience of church-going, should be able to preach better than could I, in whose family there was a real minister.
From The Story Girl by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
