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Unbelievable   /ˌənbəlˈivəbəl/   Listen
Unbelievable

adjective
1.
Beyond belief or understanding.  Synonym: incredible.  "The book's plot is simply incredible"
2.
Having a probability too low to inspire belief.  Synonyms: improbable, unconvincing, unlikely.






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"Unbelievable" Quotes from Famous Books



... knew well the wondrous quickness of the jungle folk and their almost unbelievable powers of hearing. To them the sudden scraping of one blade of grass across another was as effectual a warning as her loudest cry, and Sabor knew that she could not make that mighty leap without a ...
— Tarzan of the Apes • Edgar Rice Burroughs

... tell you that feeding too much grain "burns a cow out." It does exactly the same for a human being, burns him out and fills him with clinkers. Many people think that it is a hardship to be moderate in eating and drinking, but it is not. It brings such a feeling of well-being and comfort that it is unbelievable to those who ...
— Maintaining Health • R. L. Alsaker

... the room, as if they had pumped all the air out of it. Wouldn't it be dreadful to produce that effect on people! But they never seem to be aware of it. I remember once meeting a famous Bore; I really must tell you about it, it shows the unbelievable ...
— Trivia • Logan Pearsall Smith

... unassorted women in Philadelphia, where he had taken his medical course, and in European pensions, Louise Hitchcock presented a very definite and delightful picture. That it was but one generation from Hill's Crossing, Maine, to this self-possessed, carefully finished young woman, was unbelievable. Tall and finished in detail, from the delicate hands and fine ears to the sharply moulded chin, she presented a puzzling contrast to the short, thick, sturdy figure of her mother. And her quick appropriation of the blessings ...
— The Web of Life • Robert Herrick

... had to leave their cars and their furniture behind them too, not to mention almost unbelievable stockpiles of every metal imaginable that will last us for centuries. The logistics of space travel make taking even an extra handkerchief along a calculated risk. Anyway, when their dogs 'found' us, they were overjoyed, and as for us, ...
— The Servant Problem • Robert F. Young


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