inconceivable
adj/ɪn.kənˈsiː.və.bl̩/
Etymology From in- + conceivable.
1
Unable to be conceived or imagined; unbelievable.
- While the world altered dramatically during the course of her reign, the monarchy did too, though rather more imperceptibly: the walkabouts that increasingly characterised royal appearances, the pop concerts at Buckingham Palace, the throwing open of the royal palaces to visitors – even the paying of income tax, and royal podcasts – would have been inconceivable as innovations at the time Elizabeth came to the throne.2022 September 8, Stephen Bates, “Queen Elizabeth II obituary”, in The Guardian:
- Derived terms
- inconceivability, inconceivableness, inconceivably