unimaginable
/ˌʌnɪˈmædʒɪnəbəl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.15 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Unable to be imagined; inconceivable or mind-boggling; beyond belief.
Example Sentences
- "But at the microlevel it consists of an unimaginable number of atoms connected by springy chemical bonds, all jiggling around at a rate that even our fastest supercomputer might envy."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English imagine Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English unimaginable From un- + imagine + -able.
Inflected Forms
more unimaginable (comparative)
most unimaginable (superlative)