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What (who) is unthinkable - definition
unthinkable
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adj.
1) unthinkable to + inf. (it would be unthinkable to build a house so close to the river)
2) unthinkable that + clause (it is unthinkable that they would even make such an offer)
unthinkable
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¦ adjective too unlikely or undesirable to be considered a possibility.
Derivatives
unthinkability noun
unthinkably adverb
unthinkable
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1.
If you say that something is unthinkable, you are emphasizing that it cannot possibly be accepted or imagined as a possibility.
Her strong Catholic beliefs made abortion unthinkable.
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ [emphasis]
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The unthinkable is something that is unthinkable.
Edward VIII had done the unthinkable and abdicated the throne.
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2.
You can use unthinkable to describe a situation, event, or action which is extremely unpleasant to imagine or remember.
This place is going to be unthinkable without you.
ADJ
Examples of use of unthinkable
1. "It‘s unthinkable, simply unthinkable." Russian authorities could use the information to do him harm, Wolf said.
2. Unthinkable For the director of the Reina Sofia Museum, Ana Martinez de Aguilar, moving Guernica to Bilbao is unthinkable.
3. That could spell the unthinkable÷ American defeat.
4. And the idea of surveying opinions is no longer unthinkable.
5. Hearing her future husband say something like this seemed unthinkable.