N3Grammar

(かんが)えられない

Unthinkable, Inconceivable, Unimaginable, Cannot think

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Examples

'I cannot consider any other plan.' (unthinkable)

Science article: 'The universe is unimaginably vast, and there is still much that has not been discovered.'

Athlete's interview: 'I can’t think about anything except the next match.' (unthinkable)

Chat between friends: 'It is unthinkable that he would forget such an important promise.'

A pet lover's opinion: 'For me, a life without pets is unimaginable.' (unthinkable)

News program: 'Committing a crime in front of a police station is normally an unthinkable course of action.'

Chat between friends: 'It's inconceivable that she, of all people, would say something so awful.' (unthinkable)

A former employee talking: 'For a company that was doing so well to go bankrupt... it's unimaginable.' [unthinkable]

It's unthinkable for me now that I used to wait in line for hours for concert tickets. (unimaginable)

Musician: 'For me, (something like) a world without music is unimaginable.' (unthinkable)

Regarding a professional's mistake, A: 'Don't you think it was just a careless mistake?'
B: 'Something like that is unthinkable. There's no way he, a professional, would do that.' (inconceivable)

History book: 'Flying in the sky was an unthinkable thing for the people of that era.'

Talking about a PC that suddenly broke: 'Isn't it inconceivable that it's just a simple malfunction? Maybe it was infected with a virus.' (unthinkable)