inconceivable

Adjective
US[in-kuhn-see-vuh-buhl]/ˌɪnkənˈsivəbəl/5 syllables

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Adjective (1)

  1. totally unlikelySynonyms: impossibleout of the questionunimaginableOpposite thinkableSimilar unthinkable
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

In′con·ceiv′a·ble adjective

Origin: Pref. in- not + conceivable: cf. F. inconcevable.

Not conceivable; incapable of being conceived by the mind; not explicable by the human intellect, or by any known principles or agencies; incomprehensible; as, it is inconceivable to us how the will acts in producing muscular motion.

It is inconceivable to me that a spiritual substance should represent an extended figure.— John Locke

— In′wb-a2′>′con·ceiv′wb-a1′>′a·ble·ness, noun — In′wb-a2′>′con·ceiv′wb-a1′>′a·bly, adverb

The inconceivableness of a quality existing without any subject to possess it.— Abraham Tucker

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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