Unimaginable

Pronunciation: /ʌnɪˈmædʒənəbəl/

Definitions of unimaginable

adjective describing something that is impossible to imagine or comprehend

Example Sentences

A1 The idea of traveling to outer space is unimaginable to me.

A2 The amount of food wasted each day is unimaginable.

B1 The destruction caused by the natural disaster was unimaginable.

B2 The complexity of the human brain is unimaginable.

C1 The artist's talent is truly unimaginable.

C2 The scale of the universe is unimaginable to comprehend.

Examples of unimaginable in a Sentence

formal The scale of destruction caused by the natural disaster was unimaginable.

informal I can't even imagine the unimaginable amount of work it will take to finish this project.

slang The party last night was so wild, the amount of fun we had was unimaginable!

figurative Her talent on the piano was so great, it reached unimaginable heights.

Grammatical Forms of unimaginable

• past tense: unimagined
• plural: unimaginables
• comparative: more unimaginable
• superlative: most unimaginable
• present tense: imagine
• future tense: will imagine
• perfect tense: have imagined
• continuous tense: is imagining
• singular: unimaginable
• positive degree: unimaginable
• infinitive: to imagine
• gerund: imagining
• participle: imagined

Origin and Evolution of unimaginable

First Known Use: 1601 year

Language of Origin: Latin

Story behind the word: The word 'unimaginable' originated from the combination of the prefix 'un-' meaning 'not' and the word 'imaginable' which comes from the Latin word 'imaginabilis' meaning 'able to be imagined'.

Evolution of the word: Over time, the word 'unimaginable' has retained its original meaning of something that cannot be imagined or conceived, but it has also come to be used more broadly to emphasize the extreme nature of something beyond comprehension.