Subtleties

[Arcadian Rises]

I sense a difference between "inconceivable" and "unconceivable" but I cannot articulate it. Can you help me?

As always I am very grateful for your feedback

[Horace LaBadie]

Post by Arcadian Rises
I sense a difference between "inconceivable" and "unconceivable" but I cannot
articulate it. Can you help me?
As always I am very grateful for your feedback

"I do not think that it means what you think it means!"

The first is seen in modern usage, and the second is not. Other than
their spellings, that is the difference.

[R H Draney]

Post by Horace LaBadie

Post by Arcadian Rises
I sense a difference between "inconceivable" and "unconceivable" but I cannot
articulate it. Can you help me?
As always I am very grateful for your feedback

"I do not think that it means what you think it means!"
The first is seen in modern usage, and the second is not. Other than
their spellings, that is the difference.

And then there's the one about the guy trying to explain why he has no children:
"My wife is inconceivable...I mean unbearable...er, make that
impregnable"...others helpfully suggested "impenetrable", "insurmountable" and
of course "inscrutable"....r

[Jerry Friedman]

Post by R H Draney

Post by Horace LaBadie

Post by Arcadian Rises
I sense a difference between "inconceivable" and "unconceivable" but I cannot
articulate it. Can you help me?
As always I am very grateful for your feedback

"I do not think that it means what you think it means!"
The first is seen in modern usage, and the second is not. Other than
their spellings, that is the difference.

"My wife is inconceivable...I mean unbearable...er, make that
impregnable"...others helpfully suggested "impenetrable", "insurmountable" and
of course "inscrutable"....r

Nice of you to leave "ineffable" for someone else.

[Peter T. Daniels]

Post by Jerry Friedman

Post by R H Draney

Post by Horace LaBadie

Post by Arcadian Rises
I sense a difference between "inconceivable" and "unconceivable"

The first is seen in modern usage, and the second is not. Other than
their spellings, that is the difference.

And then there's the one about the guy trying to explain why he has no
children: "My wife is inconceivable...I mean unbearable...er, make that
impregnable"...others helpfully suggested "impenetrable", "insurmountable"
and of course "inscrutable"....r

Nice of you to leave "ineffable" for someone else.

That's something that isn't mentioned in polite society.

[R H Draney]

Post by Jerry Friedman

Post by R H Draney

Post by Horace LaBadie

Post by Arcadian Rises
I sense a difference between "inconceivable" and "unconceivable" but I cannot
articulate it. Can you help me?
As always I am very grateful for your feedback

"I do not think that it means what you think it means!"
The first is seen in modern usage, and the second is not. Other than
their spellings, that is the difference.

"My wife is inconceivable...I mean unbearable...er, make that
impregnable"...others helpfully suggested "impenetrable", "insurmountable" and
of course "inscrutable"....r

Nice of you to leave "ineffable" for someone else.

I also made a point of omitting "impeccable"....r

[Peter T. Daniels]

Post by R H Draney

Post by Jerry Friedman

Post by R H Draney
"My wife is inconceivable...I mean unbearable...er, make that
impregnable"...others helpfully suggested "impenetrable", "insurmountable"
and of course "inscrutable"....r

Nice of you to leave "ineffable" for someone else.

I also made a point of omitting "impeccable"....r

Such a sinner you are.

[David Kleinecke]

Post by Peter T. Daniels

Post by R H Draney

Post by Jerry Friedman

Post by R H Draney
"My wife is inconceivable...I mean unbearable...er, make that
impregnable"...others helpfully suggested "impenetrable", "insurmountable"
and of course "inscrutable"....r

Nice of you to leave "ineffable" for someone else.

I also made a point of omitting "impeccable"....r

Such a sinner you are.

Feckless

[Guy Barry]

Post by Arcadian Rises
I sense a difference between "inconceivable" and "unconceivable" but I
cannot articulate it. Can you help me?

"Unconceivable" isn't in common usage; I can't recall ever seeing it. It
appears simply to be an archaic synonym for "inconceivable".

[Robert Bannister]

Post by Guy Barry

Post by Arcadian Rises
I sense a difference between "inconceivable" and "unconceivable" but I
cannot articulate it. Can you help me?

"Unconceivable" isn't in common usage; I can't recall ever seeing it.
It appears simply to be an archaic synonym for "inconceivable".

Anyway, it's not the woman who is "inconceivable", it's the child that
isn't conceivable.