unthinkable

Example Sentences

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That outcome would have been unthinkable a decade ago, when even China’s biggest hits still relied on some level of international contribution to reach global prominence.

From MarketWatch

Go to any of Sporting Kansas City’s home games and check out the parking lot: Right there in KCK, Missouri license plates galore, something once unthinkable in my hometown.

From The Wall Street Journal

During the height of the Cold War, it was unthinkable for the U.S. to sell supercomputers to the Soviet Union, the equivalent of the GPUs today.

From The Wall Street Journal

The idea that we weren’t already living in paradise was unthinkable.

From Salon

But going out of the cup as holders on home soil would have been unthinkable after such a painful loss.

From BBC