Definitions

unconceivable

[uhn-kuhn-see-vuh-buhl] / ˌʌn kənˈsi və bəl /

ADJECTIVE

implausible

Synonyms

WEAK

doubtful dubious far-out farfetched fishy flimsy for the birds full of holes impossible improbable inconceivable incredible obscure problematic puzzling reachy shaky suspect thin too much unbelievable unconvincing unreasonable unsubstantial weak won't hold water won't wash

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unconceivable

They could explain why a new material remains superconducting even at extremely high magnetic fields -- a property that is missing in conventional superconductors, with the potential to enable previously unconceivable technological applications.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 31, 2024

Then we trade for Feathers, which they order into all Shapes, make themselves little short Habits of ’em, and glorious Wreaths for their Heads, Necks, Arms and Legs, whose Tinctures are unconceivable.

From The Works of Aphra Behn Volume V by Montague Summers

But when we make a generall assertion, unlesse it be a true one, the possibility of it is unconceivable.

From Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

I suppose he meant that the unexpected couldn't touch him; nothing less than the unconceivable itself could get over his perfect state of preparation.

From Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad

The immortality of the soul is as unconceivable as, in all strictness, is its absolute mortality.

From Tragic Sense Of Life by J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford) Flitch