unbelievable

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He says to me at one point, and I couldn't believe when this came out, I was like - unbelievable, which is why I won't ever comment to people I don't know personally on stuff like this again.

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  1. adjective Not to be believed; incredible: unbelievable luck.

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  • The handling of the crowd was unbelievable, they decided to close a tube station early and refused to let the crowd leave to disperse on the street from their pen. —  Anorak News
  • "Al Gore is simply unbelievable -- in the most literal sense of that term," declared Republican National Committee Chairman Jim Nicholson.
  • While I find this information borderline unbelievable, a poll of 3,100 people ages 13-64 says otherwise; the poll, conducted by TV Dailies, also asked folks which new shows they would definitely watch this fall. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • "It's collapsing; it's unbelievable, and most of it is from mortgages - I don't see how the housing sector is going at all," said Nicholas R. Lardy, a specialist in Chinese finance at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington. —  news | TL | http://www.tuscaloosanews.com
  • He treated her as if every single opinion she holds is unbelievable, my wife is here saying he was sexist, disgusting, elitist .... the way he looked down at her over her glasses was offensive, who the hell is he??? —  Latest Articles
 

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/ənbəˈlivəbl/
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