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unthinkably
adverb
uk /ʌnˈθɪŋ.kə.bli/ us /ʌnˈθɪŋ.kə.bli/
in a way that is difficult or impossible to think about, often because it is too sad or shocking:
If we had not taken action, the outlook would have been unthinkably grim.
What if, unthinkably, something goes wrong?
It would be unthinkably rude not to conform to the customs of the hosts.
They were offering unthinkably large amounts of money to anyone providing them with information about the missing men.
We were starting to dream not only of saving the match but even, unthinkably, of winning it.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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(that's) a likely story!idiom
belief
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fancifully
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implausibly
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