unthought-of

/ (ˌʌnˈθɔːtɒv) /

adjective

unimaginable; inconceivable

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Words nearby unthought-of

unthatch, unthink, unthinkable, unthinking, unthought, unthought-of, unthread, unthrone, untidy, untie, until

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Example sentences from the Web for unthought-of

She seemed to arouse within him all sorts of unthought-of possibilities.
The Day of Judgment|Joseph Hocking
And yet these people cannot afford to buy books, and pictures they regard as an unthought-of extravagance.
Household Papers and Stories|Harriet Beecher Stowe
What chance had the Sepoy or the British Regular in these utterly p. 151strange and unthought-of conditions?
Cupid in Africa|P. C. Wren
It came over me what a prisoner I'd been up there, and how much I had paid in unthought-of ways for that keg of Chile money.
Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas|Lloyd Osbourne

The most unthought-of places, the old deserted mines, were found to be bonanzas.
The Transformation of Job|Frederick Vining Fisher

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