unthinkable

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Leaders like Mahatma Gandhi in India and later Nelson Mandela in South Africa deployed disciplined nonviolence, chosen not because violence was unthinkable but because repression was predictable.

From The Wall Street Journal

She previously told reporters that she was sorry about the "unthinkable tragedy".

From BBC

But larger acts of rebellion have always been considered unthinkable.

From BBC

"For the first time, I contacted my sister in Greenland and told her that if the unthinkable ever became reality, they would have a place to stay with us."

From BBC

Those changes include trying to deal with the cheaters and "bots" - machines pretending to be players to level up characters without effort - and doing something almost unthinkable in modern games.

From BBC