literally unthinkable
Frequency: 6.56.2 per million words
Stresses that an idea or event is so shocking or unacceptable it cannot be seriously considered.
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Examples (20)
- For many, the idea of a world without internet is literally unthinkable.
- Such a betrayal was once literally unthinkable for the family.
- The consequences of such a decision were literally unthinkable to the general public.
- The scale of the disaster was literally unthinkable before we saw the aerial photos.
- In that society, challenging the king was literally unthinkable.
- It is literally unthinkable that a modern democracy would collapse so quickly.
- After decades of peace, war becoming a reality felt literally unthinkable.
- For someone of his generation, the concept of retirement was literally unthinkable.
- A future where renewable energy is not dominant is literally unthinkable for environmentalists.
- Living without mobile phones has become literally unthinkable for many people.
- She considered the thought of betraying her friends literally unthinkable.
- A world without antibiotics is literally unthinkable for modern medicine.
- To him, living without music was literally unthinkable.
- To the medieval mind, the idea of a round earth was often literally unthinkable.
- The scale of the disaster was literally unthinkable until they saw it firsthand.
- The possibility of losing his home was literally unthinkable to the old man.
- For a dedicated scientist, ignoring evidence is literally unthinkable.
- Without her financial support, finishing the project would have been literally unthinkable.
- The concept of absolute failure was literally unthinkable in their ambitious project.
- Such an extreme change in government policy was literally unthinkable only a few months ago.