impossibility
Americannoun
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the state or quality of being impossible
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something that is impossible
Etymology
Origin of impossibility
1350–1400; Middle English impossibilite < Late Latin impossibilitās. See im- 2, possibility
Example Sentences
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Faced with such challenges and the occasional impossibility of deploying a team on the ground, "we adapt, we use technology—artificial intelligence, drones, satellite imagery" to investigate and document human rights violations, he added.
From Barron's
That is a physical impossibility, given the shortage of nearly half a million factory workers in the U.S.
From Barron's
Christopher didn’t stop to let himself think; if he stopped to think, the madness and impossibility of it would envelop him.
From Literature
But after losing his sight due to glaucoma at six-years-old, he was told that a career in agriculture was an impossibility.
From BBC
"I was just like, 'no, I won't use any screens, nothing'," she recalls, before quickly realising the practical impossibility of that goal.
From BBC
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