inconceivable Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite totally unlikely
    impossible; unimaginable; out of the question.

WordNet


In`con*ceiv"a*ble adjective
Etymology
Pref. in- not + conceivable: cf. F. inconcevable.
Definitions
  1. Not conceivable; incapable of being conceived by the mind; not explicable by the human intellect, or by any known principles or agencies; incomprehensible; as, it is inconceivable to us how the will acts in producing muscular motion.
    It is inconceivable to me that a spiritual substance should represent an extended figure. Locke.
    -- In`con*ceiv"a*ble*ness, n. -- In`con*ceiv"a*bly, adv.
    The inconceivableness of a quality existing without any subject to possess it. A. Tucker.

Webster 1913