uncredible

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adjective

Not credible; that cannot be believed.

“a parade of uncredible witnesses”

OriginMiddle English uncredible →
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Meanings

adjectiveuncredible (comparative more uncredible, superlative most uncredible)

comparative more uncredible · superlative most uncredible

  1. Not credible; that cannot be believed.

    a parade of uncredible witnesses

    1 more example

    The Soile for the moſt part is lifted vp into many hilles, parted aſunder vvith narrovv and ſhort vallies, and a ſhallovv earth doth couer their out-ſide, vvhich by a Sea-vveede called Orevvood, and a certaine kinde of fruitfull Sea-ſand, they make ſo ranke and batten, as is vncredible.

    1627, John Speed, “Cornwall”, in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland Described and Abridged. […], London: […] Georg Humble […], →OCLC, signature [D6], verso, paragraph 3

Origin

  1. Middle Englishuncredible
  2. Englishuncredible

From Middle English uncredible, equivalent to un- + credible.

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Translations

German unglaubwürdig
  • unglaubwürdignot credible; that cannot be believed
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APA

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Chicago

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