Collocations for unthinkable - adj.
VERBS
be,
seem
make sth
consider sth
This would have been considered unthinkable only a decade ago.
make sth
consider sth
This would have been considered unthinkable only a decade ago.
ADVERB
absolutely,
completely,
literally,
quite,
simply
almost, nearly (esp. AmE), practically, virtually
hitherto, previously
A hitherto unthinkable question was asked.
almost, nearly (esp. AmE), practically, virtually
hitherto, previously
A hitherto unthinkable question was asked.
politically
PREPOSITION
for
It's unthinkable for something like this to happen.
It's unthinkable for something like this to happen.
to
This course of action would have been unthinkable to the generals.
This course of action would have been unthinkable to the generals.