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unthinkable

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un·think·a·ble  (n-thngk-bl)
adj.
1. Impossible to imagine; inconceivable: an unthinkable amount of money.
2. Contrary to what is plausible or probable: That this project would achieve ultimate success was unthinkable at the time.
3. Not to be thought of or considered; out of the question: Raising taxes was politically unthinkable.

un·thinka·bili·ty, un·thinka·ble·ness n.
un·thinka·bly adv.

unthinkable
Adjective
1. so shocking or unpleasant that one cannot believe it to be true
2. unimaginable or inconceivable
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.unthinkableunthinkable - incapable of being conceived or considered
incredible, unbelievable - beyond belief or understanding; "at incredible speed"; "the book's plot is simply incredible"
impossible - not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with; "an impossible dream"; "an impossible situation"
thinkable - capable of being conceived or imagined or considered

unthinkable
adjective 2. inconceivable, incredible, unbelievable, unimaginable, beyond belief, beyond the bounds of possibility
Translations
Spanish unthinkable [ʌnˈθɪŋkəbl] adjinconcebible, impensable
French unthinkable [ʌnˈθɪŋkəbl] adjimpensable, inconcevable
German unthinkable [ʌnˈθɪŋkəbl] adjundenkbar
Italian unthinkable [ʌnˈθɪŋkəbl] adjimpensabile, inconcepibile

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With the first drink he could eat a meal, and he could persuade himself that that was economy; with the second he could eat another meal--but there would come a time when he could eat no more, and then to pay for a drink was an unthinkable extravagance, a defiance of the agelong instincts of his hunger-haunted class.
I sat up, earnestly damning the management of that unthinkable hotel, and was about to spring from the bed to go and make trouble for the night- clerk--him of the apologetic manner and the tallow candle--when something in the situation affected me with a strange indisposition to move.
As I gazed at it on that far-gone night it seemed to call across the unthinkable void, to lure me to it, to draw me as the lodestone attracts a particle of iron.
 
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