unbelievable
/ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl̩/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.08 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not to be believed.
adj
Amazing, astonishing; so surprising that one is almost, or figuratively, unable to believe.
adj
Example Sentences
- "‘Come on, girls,’ said Steve, ‘be honest, we won.’ / ‘Yeah,’ said Raymond, ‘we let you off because you’re girls.’ / ‘You’re unbelievable,’ said Liz. / ‘Well, if we’re unbelievable,’ said Steve, ‘then you’re unbelievabler.’"
- "The most unbelievable thing happened to me today!"
- "This restaurant makes unbelievable pizza!"
- "Whether you want the unbelievablest sheer of chiffon . . . or the most durable of service weight . . . I’ve concluded, after a round of looking, that these stores give you a real money’s worth!"
- "In other words—join the gpo and hear the world; have fun; talk to the wildest, craziest, simply unbelievablest people."
- "The unbelievablest (to coin a word) thing about this animation is the fact that it is generated in real time, like a video game!"
Etymology
From un- + believable.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: un
Inflected Forms
more unbelievable (comparative)
unbelievabler (comparative, nonstandard)
most unbelievable (superlative)
unbelievablest (nonstandard, rare)