unimaginability
Cannot be pictured
Unimaginability is the quality of being impossible to conceive or picture mentally.
The word emphasizes not just difficulty but complete failure of imagination: The unimaginability of deep time makes geology hard to grasp.
Often applied to extremes of scale, horror, or abstraction that exceed human cognitive capacity.
Beyond verbal expression
- indescribableCannot be put into words
- unspeakableBeyond verbal expression
- mysteriousBeyond easy comprehension
- inscrutableImpossible to understand
enigmatic · transcendent · numinous · sublime · otherworldly · divine · mystical · unknowable
Beyond mental grasp
- incomprehensibleImpossible to understand
- unthinkableToo terrible to contemplate
- unfathomableBeyond comprehension or measurement
- ungraspableImpossible to seize
imponderable · incomprehension · mindbending · unprocessable
Unlimited extent or quantity
- eternityBoundless temporal existence
- boundlessWithout any boundaries
- vastnessState of being immense
- immensityLimitless extent or magnitude
immeasurable · incalculable · cosmic · astronomical · unfathomable · mindboggling · staggering · overwhelming
ineffable
Beyond verbal expression
- indescribableCannot be put into words
- unspeakableBeyond verbal expression
- mysteriousBeyond easy comprehension
inscrutable · enigmatic · transcendent · numinous · sublime · otherworldly · divine · mystical · unknowable
inconceivable
Beyond mental grasp
- incomprehensibleImpossible to understand
- unthinkableToo terrible to contemplate
- unfathomableBeyond comprehension or measurement
ungraspable · imponderable · incomprehension · mindbending · unprocessable
infinity
Unlimited extent or quantity
immensity · immeasurable · incalculable · cosmic · astronomical · unfathomable · mindboggling · staggering · overwhelming
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Ability to be envisioned
conceivability · comprehensibility · fathomability · graspability · intelligibility
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Capacity to be imagined
imaginability · plausibility · possibility · credibility · believability
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