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unbelievable

/ˌʌnbəˈlivəbəl/

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What does unbelievable mean?

adjective

  1. Not to be believed.
  2. (figuratively) Amazing, astonishing; so surprising that one is almost, or figuratively, unable to believe.
  3. Implausible or improbable.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˌʌnbəˈlivəbəl/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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Her word becomes unbelievable, her life an ignominy, and she is swept downward ever downward, into the bottomless perdition of prostitution.
William BoothIn Darkest England, and the Way OutProject Gutenberg ebook #475
This explains many an unbelievable act of courage or clear observation in a child in cases where an adult, frightened, can see nothing.
Hans GrossCriminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and StudentsTranslated by Horace Meyer KallenProject Gutenberg ebook #1320
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During the latter visit it seemed to him unbelievable that a certain house owned by a rich Italian should have been permitted to survive.
Jane AddamsTwenty Years at Hull House; with Autobiographical NotesProject Gutenberg ebook #1325
Thus did she laugh, the unbelievable one; but never do I believe her and her laughter, when she speaketh evil of herself.
Friedrich Wilhelm NietzscheThus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and NoneTranslated by Thomas CommonProject Gutenberg ebook #1998