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(idiom) inconceivable; unimaginable; unfathomable
HSK 7-9
unavoidably
HSK 7-9
inalienable / unalienable / inseparable / indivisible
irreversible
may not
necessary / must have
to be awfully (busy etc)
unreliable
indelible
uncountable
countless / innumerable
uncountable noun (in grammar of European languages)
(idiom) to consider oneself unexcelled in the world; to be insufferably arrogant
indescribable / beyond description
lit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom); not to be mentioned in the same breath / incomparable
hard to come by / rare
inexpressible (idiom) / beyond description
to be kept secret; not to be divulged
to be unable to carry on even for a single day / to be in a desperate situation
innumerable (idiom)
act of God / force majeure (law) / irresistible (idiom)
(idiom) irremediable; unmanageable; out of hand; hopeless
incurable / incorrigible / beyond cure / hopeless
cannot; should not; must not
inexpressible (idiom)
impassable / insurmountable / insuperable
inestimable / incalculable / beyond measure
inviolability
unavoidable
impossible / cannot / not able
insoluble (i.e. impossible to solve)
inviolable / inviolability
(idiom) impervious to reason; unreasonable
irreversible
indispensable; essential
unbelievable; incredible
irreversible
indispensable
having no common measure / incommensurable / incommensurate
nonrenewable resource
inseparable
not differentiable (function in calculus)
force majeure; act of God
irrevocable letter of credit
uncountable set (math.)
agnosticism, the philosophical doctrine that some questions about the universe are in principle unanswerable
impossible to get even an outline (idiom) / unfathomable / not a clue


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