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—inconceivability, inconceivableness, n. —inconceivably, adv./in'keuhn see"veuh beuhl/, adj.1. not conceivable; unimaginable; unthinkable2. unbelievable; incredible.[1625-35; IN-3 + CONCEIVABLE]
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Inconceivable — In con*ceiv a*ble, a. [Pref. in not + conceivable: cf. F. inconcevable.] Not conceivable; incapable of being conceived by the mind; not explicable by the human intellect, or by any known principles or agencies; incomprehensible; as, it is… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
inconceivable — I adjective disputable, doubtful, excluded, extraordinary, hard to believe, implausible, impossible, impracticable, inapprehensible, incogitable, incomprehensible, incredible, inexplicable, infeasible, marvelous, miraculous, not understandable,… … Law dictionary
inconceivable — (adj.) 1630s, from IN (Cf. in ) (1) not, opposite of + CONCEIVABLE (Cf. conceivable). Related: Inconcievably. An O.E. word for this was unasmeagendlic … Etymology dictionary
inconceivable — [adj] beyond reason, belief extraordinary, fantastic, imcomprehensible, implausible, impossible, improbable, incogitable, incredible, insupposable, mind boggling*, phony, rare, reachy, staggering, strange, thin*, unbelievable, unconvincing,… … New thesaurus
inconceivable — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not capable of being imagined or grasped mentally. DERIVATIVES inconceivably adverb … English terms dictionary
inconceivable — [in΄kən sēv′ə bəl] adj. that cannot be conceived; that cannot be thought of, understood, imagined, or believed inconceivability n. inconceivableness inconceivably adv … English World dictionary
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inconceivable — [[t]ɪ̱nkənsi͟ːvəb(ə)l[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ, oft it v link ADJ that If you describe something as inconceivable, you think it is very unlikely to happen or be true. It was inconceivable to me that Toby could have been my attacker...… … English dictionary
inconceivable — adjective too strange or unusual to be thought real or possible: A few years ago a car fuelled by solar energy would have been inconceivable. | it is inconceivable that: It seemed inconceivable that a man in such a powerful position could be so… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
