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.