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unimaginable

adjective

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Pronunciation: /ˌʌnɪˈmædʒɪnəbəl/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English imagine Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English unimaginable From un- + imagine + -able.

  1. Unable to be imagined; inconceivable or mind-boggling; beyond belief.

    But at the microlevel it consists of an unimaginable number of atoms connected by springy chemical bonds, all jiggling around at a rate that even our fastest supercomputer might envy.