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- Dictionaryunbelievable/ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl/
adjective
- 1. not able to be believed; unlikely to be true: "unbelievable or not, it happened"
- 2. so great or extreme as to be difficult to believe; extraordinary: "your audacity is unbelievable"
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adjective. uk / ˌʌn.bɪˈliː.və.b ə l / us / ˌʌn.bɪˈliː.və.b ə l / unbelievable adjective (SURPRISING) Add to word list. B1. extremely surprising: She eats an unbelievable amount of food. You've had such bad luck it's unbelievable. You should see her wardrobe - it's unbelievable - she's got about 50 pairs of shoes. Fewer examples.
: too improbable for belief. the plot is unreal and unbelievable. also : of such a superlative degree as to be hard to believe. the destruction was unbelievable. made an unbelievable catch in center field. unbelievably. ˌən-bə-ˈlē-və-blē. adverb. Synonyms. fantastical. implausible. inconceivable. incredible. incredulous. uncompelling.
If you say that something is unbelievable, you are emphasizing that it is very good, impressive, intense, or extreme. [emphasis] His guitar solos are just unbelievable. The pressure they put us under was unbelievable. It was an unbelievable moment when Chris won the gold medal.
extremely surprising: She eats an unbelievable amount of food. You've had such bad luck it's unbelievable. You should see her wardrobe - it's unbelievable - she has about 50 pairs of shoes. Fewer examples. Management have demonstrated almost unbelievable incompetence in their handling of the dispute.
/ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl/ (informal) used to emphasize how good, bad or extreme something is synonym incredible. We had an unbelievable (= very good) time in Paris. Conditions in the prison camp were unbelievable (= very bad). We get through an unbelievable amount of food each week. The cold was unbelievable (= it was extremely cold).
The word unbelievable describes something that is beyond understanding, like the idea, until the Middle Ages, that the earth might actually be round.
If you say that something is unbelievable, you are emphasizing that it is very good, impressive, intense, or extreme.
Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Forms. Frequency. Compounds & derived words. Factsheet. What does the adjective unbelievable mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective unbelievable. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence. Entry status.
UNBELIEVABLE definition: 1. extremely bad or good and making you feel surprised: 2. not probable and difficult to believe. Learn more.
1. If you say that something is unbelievable, you are emphasizing that it is very good, impressive, intense, or extreme. [emphasis] [...] 2. You can use unbelievable to emphasize that you think something is very bad or shocking. [emphasis] [...] 3. If an idea or statement is unbelievable, it seems so unlikely to be true that you cannot believe it.
