Definitions for unbelievableˌʌn bɪˈli və bəl

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

un•be•liev•a•bleˌʌn bɪˈli və bəl(adj.)

  1. too improbable to be believed.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

  2. extraordinarily impressive of its kind:

    an unbelievable performance.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

Origin of unbelievable:

1540–50

un`be•liev′a•bly(adv.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. incredible, unbelievable(adj)

    beyond belief or understanding

    "at incredible speed"; "the book's plot is simply incredible"

  2. improbable, unbelievable, unconvincing, unlikely(adj)

    having a probability too low to inspire belief

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. unbelievable(adjective)ˌʌn bɪˈli və bəl

    emphasizes how extreme sth is; = incredible

    an unbelievable number of people; the most unbelievable experience of my life

  2. unbelievableˌʌn bɪˈli və bəl

    ≠ believable

    Her story was completely unbelievable.

Wiktionary

  1. unbelievable(Adjective)

    Not to be believed.

  2. unbelievable(Adjective)

    Incredible; so surprising it is almost unable to believe.

  3. unbelievable(Adjective)

    Implausible or improbable.

    His excuse seems rather unbelievable.


Translations for unbelievable

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

unbelievable(adjective)

too bad, good etc to be believed in

unbelievable rudeness; Her good luck is unbelievable!

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