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unbelievable
[ uhn-bi-lee-vuh-buhl ]
adjective
- too dubious or improbable to be believed:
an unbelievable excuse.
- so remarkable as to strain credulity; extraordinary:
the unbelievable fury of the storm; an unbelievable athlete.
unbelievable
/ ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbəl /
adjective
- unable to be believed; incredible or astonishing
Derived Forms
- ˌunbeˌlievaˈbility, noun
Other Words From
- unbe·lieva·bly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of unbelievable1
Example Sentences
Animals jumped through unbelievable hoops and seemingly appeared out of thin air.
Manson seemed to breathe soundlessly, to walk with unbelievable silence over creaky floors.
Coltrane, a man of almost unbelievable gentleness made human to us lesser mortals by his very occasional rages.
And though the theology of Left Behind is strange and unbelievable, it also could, in the right hands, inspire a hell of a story.
“That is an unbelievable amount of money—as in, I literally did not believe that,” Oliver said.
It was a pool-side scene, with hotel and tropical palms against an unbelievable blue sky.
Too much that was unbelievable by old standards had happened around him.
It was almost unbelievable to herself that her life could be permeated by a thing Edith knew nothing about.
The thing sounds unbelievable, and ridiculous; but she wanted to keep me forever at the age of thirteen and a half.
"It's more than interesting, it's marvelous, it's unbelievable," answered the detective quietly.
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