unbelievable

CEFRA2

/ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl̩/

adjective

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adjective
So surprising that it is difficult to believe.
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adjective
Extra detail
Amazing, astonishing; so surprising that one is almost, or figuratively, unable to believe.

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Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

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‘Come on, girls,’ said Steve, ‘be honest, we won.’ / ‘Yeah,’ said Raymond, ‘we let you off because you’re girls.’ / ‘You’re unbelievable,’ said Liz. / ‘Well, if we’re unbelievable,’ said Steve, ‘then you’re unbelievabler.’
1996, Colin Thompson, “Four Pigeons”, in Venus the Caterpillar and Further Wild Stories, London: Hodder Children’s Books, →ISBN, page 24
Whether you want the unbelievablest sheer of chiffon . . . or the most durable of service weight . . . I’ve concluded, after a round of looking, that these stores give you a real money’s worth!
1932 February 6, Virginia Chumley, “Visits with Virginia”, in The Chattanooga News, volume XLIV, number 189, Chattanooga, Tenn., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11, column 6
In other words—join the gpo and hear the world; have fun; talk to the wildest, craziest, simply unbelievablest people.
1967, New Society, volume 9, London, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 680, column 1
The unbelievablest (to coin a word) thing about this animation is the fact that it is generated in real time, like a video game!
2010 March 9, Emily Lakdawalla, “Unbelievably spectacular flight through Candor Chasma”, in The Planetary Society, Pasadena, Calif., archived from the original on 06 Aug 2020

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From un- + believable.