unbelievable Definition
un·be·liev·able (-bə lēv′ə bəl)
adjective
beyond belief; astounding; incredible
unbelievable Related Forms
unbelievable Synonyms
unbelievable
modif.
Antonyms
unbelievable Usage Examples
Preposition: that
people: I find it almost unbelievable that so many people still cling to outdated ancient belief systems.
Adjective complement with noun phrase
find: I find such things unbelievable, without having to make a choice.
Modifies a noun
- arrogance: That we assume we were made in God's image suggests unbelievable arrogance on our part.
- feat: There exists an unpaid Lifeboat Service which has carried out numerous unbelievable feats of courage.
- coincidence: We stayed at the HOB ( House of Blues man ) hotel, which by an unbelievable coincidence was next door to the club.
- price: Buy now at the unbelievable price of £ 9.99.
- amount: Think about packing an unbelievable amount of space into a compact exterior.
- achievement: Now, with our injuries, it would be an unbelievable achievement.
Modifying Another Word
- almost: The bottom line of Wilson's story is almost unbelievable.
- absolutely: He was absolutely unbelievable in some of the things he came up with.
- utterly: How a single plant species could hold the sand in place and mitigate its erosion is utterly unbelievable.
- truly: Some of the experiences I had were truly unbelievable!
- totally: In contrast, the escaped convict of 20 years later is totally unbelievable, a larger than life character in every respect.
- quite: He said: The whole thing is quite unbelievable.
Infinitive complement
- think: It's almost unbelievable to think that in our shameful history, we were the ones who allowed this to happen.
- see: It was quite unbelievable to see such a thing happening but oh, so true.
Used with adjective complement
- seem: It seems unbelievable that we will be playing there in a year's time.
- sound: The more I think about it, the more the things you have been telling me sound unbelievable.
- find: You can expect a quiet break, with personal attention, mostly at prices that you may find unbelievable.
- look: Don Peters is at present up to 4 dozen a day, and looks unbelievable.
Browse dictionary entries near unbelievable
- ‹ unbelief
- ‹ unbeknown
- ‹ unbecoming
- ‹ unbeaten
- ‹ unbeatable
- ‹ unbearable
- ‹ unbated
- ‹ unbar
- ‹ unballasted
- ‹ unbalanced
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- unbiased ›
- unbidden ›
- unbind ›
- unbitted ›
- unblemished ›

