almost unthinkable
Frequency: 7.512.3 per million words
Indicates that something is very nearly impossible to imagine.
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Examples (10)
- The idea of another world war is almost unthinkable in the modern age.
- It was almost unthinkable that such a tragedy could occur in a small, quiet town.
- Losing her job seemed almost unthinkable to her at that time.
- The scale of the disaster was almost unthinkable for the local population.
- A decade ago, a global pandemic of this scale was almost unthinkable.
- For many young people, living without a smartphone is now almost unthinkable.
- The level of corruption revealed in the audit was almost unthinkable.
- It is almost unthinkable to imagine the desert without its iconic sand dunes.
- The cost of the repairs would be almost unthinkable for a family on a tight budget.
- To many critics, the unexpected success of the low-budget film was almost unthinkable.