mind-boggling

adj
/ˈmaɪndˌbɒɡ(ə)lɪŋ/UK/ˈmaɪndˌbɑɡlɪŋ/US/ˈmɑɪndˌbɔɡ(ə)lɪŋ/

Etymology

From mind + boggling.

Definitions

  1. That causes the mind to boggle

    That causes the mind to boggle; that is beyond one's ability to understand or figure out.

    • Faced with a mind-boggling selection of special-purpose shampoos, he gave up and simply purchased something inexpensive with a pleasant fragrance.
    • Concurrent with the development of these techniques is the proliferation of large computers able to manipulate massive data sets with mind-boggling ease.
    • [S]ince the end of September, the average daily unemployment claims for Florida have risen by 55 percent, translating into approximately 50,000 more Floridians applying for unemployment benefits. That is mind-boggling. That is staggering.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for mind-boggling. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA