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.