how to pronounce unthinkable

/ənˈθɪŋkəbəl/

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unthinkable is pronounced in four syllables

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ənθɪŋkəbəl

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An example use of unthinkable in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… that's really an unthinkable number it's …”

meanings of unthinkable

adjective:

  1. Incapable of being believed; incredible.
  2. Inconceivable or unimaginable; extremely improbable in a way that goes against common sense.

unthinkable frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word unthinkable occurs in english on average 3.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics unthinkable can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that unthinkable can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

words with pronunciation similar to unthinkable

unspeakableunworkable

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