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Unbelievable Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -able

Unbelievable has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

beyond belief or understanding

"at incredible speed"

"the book's plot is simply incredible"

2

having a probability too low to inspire belief

"The astronomer stared in awe at the discovery of an earth-like planet orbiting two stars, finding the odds so infinitesimally small that it seemed unbelievable."

3

Not to be believed.

"The story was so unbelievable that I couldn't bring myself to believe a single word of it."

Related Terms
Antonyms
believable

Origin

The word unbelievable combines the prefix un- with believable to mean not able to be believed. It entered English as a straightforward negation of its base form.

Rhyming Words
ble able roble ruble doble fable bible buble amble gable sable noble coble moble cable table bable kable mable viable
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