undreamed

Examples

• All

• They promise unquestionable and undreamed-of benefits to mankind.

  Academic text (2007)

• Science has soared to dazzling, undreamed-of heights, but the world of man seems to be cast in a shadow of many shades.

  Blog text (16)

• But what for me was undreamed of, to her was familiar.

  Fiction book (1996)

• No, they found other things to do undreamt of by that earlier generation.

  Chris Williamson

• We're gonna multiply in numbers undreamed of.

  Bound by Honor (1993)

• But understand, I shall use undreamed-of measures.

  The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971)

• " There was an age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world ".

  Conan the Barbarian (2011)

• It says we harbor an undreamed-of capacity for evil.

  Blog text (21)

• Between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the rise of the Sons of Aryas, there was an age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world.

  Conan the Destroyer (1984)

• The scientist made a breakthrough that led to undreamed possibilities in cancer research.

Synonyms

U

unimaginable

vsundreamed

63 5.4

So strange or large that people cannot believe it

is similar but stresses impossibility even beyond imagination

I

inconceivable

vsundreamed

46 7.4

Impossible to imagine or believe

is more absolute, denying any thought or expectation beforehand

U

unseen

vsundreamed

12 5.1

Not expected before and causing trouble or surprise

is stronger, denying that it could even be imagined beforehand

U

unforeseeable

vsundreamed

5 6.7

Impossible to know before it happens

is more about sheer impossibility to imagine rather than unpredictability

U

unimagined

vsundreamed

2 7.0

Not thought of before or expected

is stronger, meaning impossible to imagine even beyond all expectation

U

unthought

vsundreamed

1 9.5

Not imagined or expected before

is more absolute, denying any prior imagining or expectation

U

unlooked-for

vsundreamed

1 8.0

Not expected and coming as a surprise

is more extreme, meaning it lay beyond any imagination or prediction

U

undreamed of

vsundreamed

1 7.5

Far greater or more surprising than people ever imagined

is more extreme, denying any prior possibility or expectation

U

unhoped

vsundreamed

9.9

Very unexpected and better than anyone imagined

is more about being completely unimaginable rather than merely unhopable

U

unhoped-for

vsundreamed

7.8

An unexpected pleasant event that brings good results

is more extreme, implying not thought possible under any circumstance

U

unthought-of

vsundreamed

7.9

No one expects it before it happens

is stronger, meaning it never could be imagined at all

U

unconceived

vsundreamed

8.6

Not thought of before

is closer to sheer unimaginable quality rather than mere lack of planning

Antonyms

D

dreamed

• US

4.1

Wanted very much but only imagined, not real

E

expected

1.2

Likely to happen or be true

Idioms

U

undreamed of

1 7.5

Far greater or more surprising than people ever imagined

How Imagined

imaginable

62 3.6

surprising

433 1.8

astonishing

5 3.4

undreamed

2 8.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology