unthinkable

adjective

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Pronunciation: /ʌnˈθɪŋkəbəl/

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- Proto-West Germanic *þankijan Old English þenċan Middle English thinken English think Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English unthinkable From un- + think + -able.

That cannot be believed.
“Near-synonyms: unbelievable, incredible, inconceivable”
Inconceivable or unimaginable; extremely improbable in a way that goes against common sense.
“Near-synonyms: inconceivable, imponderable”
“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”
Extremely improper; extremely at odds with norms of expected behavior.
“Near-synonyms: taboo, unspeakable, unutterable, inconceivable”
“I want you to know that P.A.C. will pay for a child psychiatrist to come in and testify on behalf of the child so that the homosexual father will not be able to have that little girl overnight and weekends to expose her to what is unthinkable.”

noun

Something, or various things collectively, that one dare not think about, dare not do, or dare not think about doing.
“Near-synonym: unspeakable”
“do the unthinkable”