practically unthinkable
Frequency: 6.98.5 per million words
Means it is effectively or in practice impossible to imagine.
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- For many people, living without a smartphone is now practically unthinkable.
- Such a massive failure of the banking system was practically unthinkable just a few years ago.
- In that conservative society, a woman running for president was once practically unthinkable.
- To the older generation, the idea of working entirely from home remains practically unthinkable.
- The cost of the project has risen so much that further expansion is practically unthinkable.
- For a professional athlete, missing the Olympic Games is practically unthinkable.
- The notion of a world without internet access has become practically unthinkable for modern businesses.
- A century ago, traveling to the moon was considered practically unthinkable by most scientists.
- Giving up his citizenship was practically unthinkable for the loyal diplomat.
- Without a stable source of income, buying a house in this city is practically unthinkable.