inimaginable

unimaginable

adjective ee-nee-mah-zhee-NAH-bluh Rare

Also means

inconceivable

Usage Note

Inimaginable describes something so extreme or unusual that it is beyond normal conception. It is invariable for gender: un scénario inimaginable, une douleur inimaginable. In everyday speech it is often used as an intensifier — d'une complexité inimaginable means 'of unimaginable complexity' — similar to English 'unbelievable' used hyperbolically.

Examples

"La beauté du paysage était inimaginable."

Natural Translation

The beauty of the landscape was unimaginable.

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