implausible

[ im-plaw-zuh-buhl ]

/ ɪmˈplɔ zə bəl /

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adjective

not plausible; not having the appearance of truth or credibility: an implausible alibi.

OTHER WORDS FOR implausible

unlikely, improbable, unbelievable.

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Origin of implausible

First recorded in 1595–1605; im-² + plausible

OTHER WORDS FROM implausible

im·plau·si·bil·i·ty, im·plau·si·ble·ness, nounim·plau·si·bly, adverb

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How to use implausible in a sentence

Even professionals often struggle to avoid implausible accounts of the origins and meanings of dreams.
In our dreams, a theater of the unconscious|Nick Romeo|January 22, 2021|Washington Post
As the Research Affiliates authors put it, “The first part of our definition to confirm a bubble is that using a discounted cash-flow or other valuation model, we would need implausible assumptions to justify the market’s or asset’s current price.”
Tesla is the proxy for a stock market gone mad|Shawn Tully|January 21, 2021|Fortune
These are the types of lies or false truths that seem so obviously implausible that they don’t seem designed to deceive, but rather, to signal something else.
‘I Won The Election’ – How Powerful People Use Lousy Lies To Twist Reality|LGBTQ-Editor|November 25, 2020|No Straight News
The goal of our forecast is to figure out which scenarios are most plausible in the real world, and if you deliberately choose some implausible ones, it may be hard to know what to make of the output.
We’re Letting You Mess With Our Presidential Forecast, But Try Not To Make The Map Too Weird|Nate Silver (nrsilver@fivethirtyeight.com)|October 21, 2020|FiveThirtyEight

This situation makes rather implausible or unrealistic some of the proposed schemes.
New Clues to Chemical Origins of Metabolism at Dawn of Life|John Rennie|October 12, 2020|Quanta Magazine
It is very difficult to sit by helplessly while a friend is imprisoned for a crime that is too implausible to comprehend.
Behind Bars for the Holidays: 11 Political Prisoners We Want to See Free In 2015|Movements.Org|December 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The allegation may or may not be true, but it is not implausible.
In Jerusalem Home Demolitions, the Biblical Justice of Revenge|Creede Newton|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But it is implausible at best to suggest that nothing is better than something.
Naomi Klein’s ‘This Changes Everything’ Will Change Nothing|Michael Signer|November 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It seems highly implausible that the Chuck Todd Effect will ultimately decide the McConnell/Grimes sprint to the finish.
Those Alison Lundergan Grimes Obituaries Were Premature—She’s Hanging On|Jonathan Miller|October 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A dark-skinned man and light-skinned woman stand among a crowd, clothed chimpanzees in each of their arms—an implausible family.
Garry Winogrand’s American Hustle Comes To The Met|Justin Jones|June 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This was no implausible ground for imagining that his death had some other cause than the yellow fever.
Ormond, Volume I (of 3)|Charles Brockden Brown
Opportunism has been characterized by the avid acceptance of wholly implausible doctrines, or by a disingenuous "realism."
Government in Republican China|Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger
Third, you print stories that give a weak and implausible scientific basis.
Astounding Stories, February, 1931|Various
Larry recognized that his statement had sounded most implausible.
Children of the Whirlwind|Leroy Scott

British Dictionary definitions for implausible

implausible

/ (ɪmˈplɔːzəbəl) /

adjective

not plausible; provoking disbelief; unlikely

Derived forms of implausible

implausibility or implausibleness, nounimplausibly, adverb

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