barely conceivable
Frequency: 5.84.5 per million words
Emphasizes that something is almost impossible, but still has a very slight chance of being true.
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Examples (10)
- A world without the internet is now barely conceivable to the younger generation.
- Given his injuries, it was barely conceivable that he would even finish the race, let alone win it.
- The concept of a fourth spatial dimension is barely conceivable to the human mind.
- That such a small army could defeat a massive empire seemed barely conceivable at the time.
- A year ago, the company's survival was barely conceivable, but now it's thriving.
- It is barely conceivable that the court will overturn a decision with such strong precedent.
- His explanation for his absence was so bizarre it was barely conceivable.
- The existence of life in such extreme conditions was barely conceivable until the discovery of extremophiles.
- Although highly unlikely, it's barely conceivable that we might find a diplomatic solution at the last minute.
- The sheer scale of the project makes its completion on time barely conceivable.