# unbelievable

Pronunciation: say "un-buh-LEE-vuh-buhl" /ˌʌnbəˈliːvəbl̩/

## Adjective

1. Astonishing, or so surprising that one can hardly believe it.
   - Simple: So surprising or amazing that it is hard to believe.
   - _The band played an unbelievable set that had the whole crowd singing along._
   - _It's unbelievable how much the old neighborhood has changed in ten years._
2. Too implausible or improbable to be believed.
   - Simple: Hard to believe because it does not seem true or likely.
   - _Investigators found his account of the night unbelievable and arrested him._
   - _The characters keep making unbelievable choices that no real person would make._

## Origin

Formed from the prefix un- + believable.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/unbelievable (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).