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unthought-of

British  
/ ˌʌnˈθɔːtɒv /

adjective

  1. unimaginable; inconceivable

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For Kentridge, attachment to a great idea can lead to entrapment, closing your mind to other, unthought-of fertile ideas.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2025

Putin's 27-day long incursion into Ukraine has forced more than 3.5 million to flee, brought the unprecedented isolation of Russia's economy, and raised fears of wider conflict in the West unthought-of for decades.

From Reuters • Mar. 22, 2022

But first, “he needed to determine what income threshold would capture people who were experiencing a level of destitution so deep as to be unthought-of in America.”

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2019

They seemed to enjoy their unthought-of role in the art world, and to be happy to stay there.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 8, 2016

It was a stone thrown into a quiet pool and the ripples and eddies reached unthought-of shores, as the whole world now knows.

From Serbia: A Sketch by Reed, Helen Leah