"unimaginable" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌʌnɪˈmædʒɪnəbəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-unimaginable.wav Forms: more unimaginable [comparative], most unimaginable [superlative]
Etymology: From un- + imagine + -able. Etymology templates: {{af|en|un-|imagine|-able}} un- + imagine + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} unimaginable (comparative more unimaginable, superlative most unimaginable)
  1. unable to be imagined; inconceivable or mind-boggling; beyond belief Related terms: unimaginability, unimaginably Translations (unable to be imagined): inimaxinable (Asturian), невъобразим (nevǎobrazim) (Bulgarian), inimaginable (Catalan), 不能想像的 (bù néng xiǎngxiàng de) (Chinese Mandarin), 不可思議 (Chinese Mandarin), 不可思议 (bùkěsīyì) (Chinese Mandarin), nepředstavitelný [masculine] (Czech), onvoorstelbaar (Dutch), neimagebla (Esperanto), uskomaton (Finnish), ennalta-arvaamaton (Finnish), inimaginable (French), inimaxinable (Galician), inimaxinábel (Galician), წარმოუდგენელი (c̣armoudgeneli) (Georgian), unvorstellbar (German), elképzelhetetlen (Hungarian), inimmaginabile (Italian), 考えられない (kangaerarenai) (Japanese), 想像できない (sōzō dekinai) (Japanese), do-smooinaghtyn (Manx), neusheiltynagh (Manx), neusmooinaghtagh (Manx), niepojęty (Polish), niewyobrażalny (Polish), inimaginável (Portuguese), impensável (Portuguese), inimaginabil (Romanian), neimaginabil (Romanian), невообразимый (nevoobrazimyj) (Russian), inimaginable (Spanish), otänkbar (Swedish), ఊహించలేని (ūhiñcalēni) (Telugu), düşünelemez (Turkish)
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          "sense": "unable to be imagined",
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      "sense": "unable to be imagined",
      "word": "düşünelemez"
    }
  ],
  "word": "unimaginable"
}

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