Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Intellectually or emotionally overwhelming.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective intellectually or emotionally overwhelming; straining one's capacity to comprehend or cope.
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- adjective Alternative spelling of
mindboggling .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective intellectually or emotionally overwhelming
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Examples
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In the video, Mercer points out that every year in Canada, 300 kids commit suicide -- a number he calls "mind-boggling."
Crooks and Liars scarce 2011
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That said, there were some notable if minor problems: the quake apparently put a crack in the Washington Monument, which is now shut down indefinitely along with several other monuments pending inspection, and the National Cathedral suffered what's been called "mind-boggling" damage from the earthquake, including the toppling of some 3,000 pounds of concrete from the church's top.
Bill Chameides: All Shook Up on the East Coast Bill Chameides 2011
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It’s harder to forgive writers who stretch logic and research standards as if they were Silly Putty—for instance, the author of a Kennedy family biography who, unable to find substantive evidence of bootlegging, reaches a conclusion that can only be described as mind-boggling: “The sheer magnitude of the recollections,” he writes, “is more important than the veracity of the individual stories.”
LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010
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It’s harder to forgive writers who stretch logic and research standards as if they were Silly Putty—for instance, the author of a Kennedy family biography who, unable to find substantive evidence of bootlegging, reaches a conclusion that can only be described as mind-boggling: “The sheer magnitude of the recollections,” he writes, “is more important than the veracity of the individual stories.”
LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010
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Of all the amazing accounts about these first people, the Bushmen are most famous for their uncanny and mind-boggling tracking skills.
The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010
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About twenty years ago I had a mind-boggling encounter with a single sentence in Masks of the Universe, a history of science by the physicist-astronomer Edward Harrison.
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Monday, the game-changing Huffington Post Media Group announced some mind-boggling staffing additions.
April Rudin: When the "News" Is the "News" -- Old/New Media Meet in the Social Media Mileau April Rudin 2011
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I did know that the book would end with a mind-boggling trial, but I didn't know exactly how it would turn out.
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To have come this far, in just 5 five years is mind-boggling - Just shows the depth & breadth of thinking & execution by the Founders.
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That is one of the most mind-boggling statistics in recent history.
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