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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Inconceivable \In`con*ceiv"a*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not +
     conceivable: cf. F. inconcevable.]
     Not conceivable; incapable of being conceived by the mind;
     not explicable by the human intellect, or by any known
     principles or agencies; incomprehensible; as, it is
     inconceivable to us how the will acts in producing muscular
     motion.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           It is inconceivable to me that a spiritual substance
           should represent an extended figure.     --Locke.
     -- In`con*ceiv"a*ble*ness, n. -- In`con*ceiv"a*bly, adv.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The inconceivableness of a quality existing without any
           subject to possess it.                   --A. Tucker.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Inconceivable \In`con*ceiv"a*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not +
     conceivable: cf. F. inconcevable.]
     Not conceivable; incapable of being conceived by the mind;
     not explicable by the human intellect, or by any known
     principles or agencies; incomprehensible; as, it is
     inconceivable to us how the will acts in producing muscular
     motion.
  
           It is inconceivable to me that a spiritual substance
           should represent an extended figure.     --Locke.
     -- In`con*ceiv"a*ble*ness, n. -- In`con*ceiv"a*bly, adv.
  
           The inconceivableness of a quality existing without any
           subject to possess it.                   --A. Tucker.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  inconceivable
       adj : totally unlikely [syn: impossible, out of the question,
             unimaginable]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  inconceivable
     Αγγλικά a.
     αδιανόητος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  inconceivable
     a.
     Unable to be conceived or imagined; unbelievable.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  inconceivable
     a.
     Unable to be conceived or imagined; unbelievable.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  inconceivable
     a.
     Unable to be conceived or imagined; unbelievable.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  inconceivable
     a.
     Unable to be conceived or imagined; unbelievable.

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  inconceivable
     Engelska a.
     obegriplig, ofattbar

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Inconceivable /ɪŋkənsˈiːvəbəl/
  لا يصدّق

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  inconceivable //ɪn.kənˈsiː.və.bl̩// 
  невъобрази́м, неми́слим
  unable to be conceived, unbelievable

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  inconceivable /ɪŋkənsˈiːvəbəl/
  nemyslitelný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  inconceivable /ɪŋkənsˈiːvəbəl/
  nepředstavitelný

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  inconceivable /ɪŋkənsˈiːvəbəl/
  undenkbar, unvorstellbar 
     Synonym: unthinkable
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  inconceivable /ɪŋkənsˈiːvəbəl/
  
  αδιανόητος

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  inconceivable //ɪn.kənˈsiː.və.bl̩// 
  käsittämätön, uskomaton
  unable to be conceived, unbelievable

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  inconceivable /inkənsiːvəbl/
  abracadabrant

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  inconceivable /ɪŋkənsˈiːvəbəl/ 
  1. अचिन्त्य
        "It seems inconceivable (to me) that the incident could have happened so quickly."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  inconceivable /ɪŋkənsˈiːvəbəl/
  neprihvatljiv, nezamisliv

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  inconceivable /ɪŋkənsˈiːvəbəl/
  1. elképzelhetetlen
  2. alig hihetô
  3. hihetetlen

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  inconceivable /inkənsiːvəbl/
  onbegrijpelijk, ondoorgrondelijk

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  inconceivable /ˈɪŋkənˈsi:vəbəl/ 
    niewyobrażalny

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  inconceivable //ɪn.kənˈsiː.və.bl̩// 
  ofattbar, obegriplig
  unable to be conceived, unbelievable

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  inconceivable /ɪŋkənsˈiːvəbəl/
  1. tasavvur olunamaz, anlaşılamaz, inanılmaz
  2. idrak edilemez, kavranamaz. inconceivabil'ity  kavranamaz oluş, idrak edilemez oluş. in conceiv'ably  tasavvur edilemeyecek şekilde.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˌɪnkənˈsivəbəɫ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  82 Moby Thesaurus words for "inconceivable":
     a bit thick, a bit thin, absurd, antic, barred, beguiling,
     bewildering, beyond belief, closed-out, contrary to reason,
     doubtable, doubtful, dubious, dubitable, enigmatic, exceptional,
     excluded, extraordinary, fabulous, fanciful, fantastic,
     fascinating, hard of belief, hard to believe, hopeless,
     implausible, impossible, incomprehensible, incredible,
     logically impossible, marvelous, mind-boggling, miraculous,
     not deserving belief, not possible, open to doubt,
     open to suspicion, outlandish, overwhelming, oxymoronic,
     paradoxical, passing belief, passing strange, phenomenal,
     preposterous, problematic, prodigious, prohibited, puzzling,
     questionable, rare, remarkable, ridiculous, ruled-out,
     self-contradictory, sensational, staggering, staggering belief,
     strange, striking, stupendous, suspect, suspicious, tall, thick,
     thin, unaccountable, unbelievable, unconvincing, unearthly,
     unexpected, ungodly, unheard-of, unimaginable, unique, unknowable,
     unprecedented, unthinkable, unworthy of belief, weak, wonderful,
     wondrous
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 不能想像的,想不到的,难信的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 不能想像的,想不到的,难信的

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