unthinkable

Etymology

un- + think + -able

adj

  1. Incapable of being believed; incredible.
  2. Inconceivable or unimaginable; extremely improbable in a way that goes against common sense.
    Nothing is unthinkable, nothing impossible to the balanced person, provided it comes out of the needs of life and is dedicated to life's further development - Lewis Mumford
    With 16 minutes left on the clock and the tension climbing through the roof, Trinh-Duc tried his luck with a penalty from just inside halfway only to push it wide, but the unthinkable now seemed a real possibility. October 23, 2011, Tom Fordyce, “2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France”, in BBC Sport
    The ruling also comes amid calls from an opposition party for a review of the royal insult law, which would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. 2021-11-10, Panarat Thepgumpanat, Chayut Setboonsarng, “Thai court rules students' royal reform call sought to overthrow monarchy”, in Reuters, Reuters, retrieved 2021-11-10

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