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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With each manicured frame and deceptively poignant observation on the impossibility of living normally in modern life, Kramer concocts an original, wonderfully empathetic study of the desire to play spectator to a world on fire.
From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026
That is a physical impossibility, given the shortage of nearly half a million factory workers in the U.S.
From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026
Stressed about the impossibility of work-life balance, a Mexican American music video director hires a doppelgänger in this film, which premiered at Sundance.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025
But escape from the irritations of that companionship seems a still bleaker prospect—and an impossibility.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
An eccentric, which involved a perfect circle around an unmarked point in featureless space, seemed to him an impossibility.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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