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unimagined

C2
adjective

Pronunciation

UK

  • /ˌʌnɪmˈædʒɪnd/

US

  • /ˌənɪˈmædʒənd/

Description

Sometimes life brings things you never saw coming. Something unimagined is something you did not picture, expect, or think of before it happened. It can describe a chance, a change, a result, or even a problem that was outside what you had in mind. The word often adds a feeling that reality has gone beyond your earlier ideas or plans.

Examples

  1. 1

    Education

    The scholarship opened up unimagined opportunities for her.

  2. 2

    Small business

    The internet allowed small businesses to reach customers in once unimagined ways.

  3. 3

    Disaster scale

    The earthquake caused destruction on an almost unimagined scale.

  4. 4

    Workplace pressure

    After the company grew so quickly, she found herself under unimagined pressure.

  5. 5

    Scientific discovery

    The discovery raised unimagined questions about how life began.

See also

adjectivenot previously imagined, conceived, or thought possible

Similar

  • unconceived
  • unthought-of

Shades of meaning

Contrast

Do not confuse

Used with (collocations)

  • unimagined possibilities
  • unimagined consequences
  • unimagined horrors

Word family

Explore

  • possibility
  • unknown unknown

Forms and spellings

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Main spelling

  • unimaginedadjective