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impossible
[ im-pos-uh-buhl ]
adjective
- not possible; unable to be, exist, happen, etc.
- unable to be done, performed, effected, etc.:
an impossible assignment.
- incapable of being true, as a rumor.
- not to be done, endured, etc., with any degree of reason or propriety:
an impossible situation.
- utterly impracticable:
an impossible plan.
- hopelessly unsuitable, difficult, or objectionable.
Synonyms: unmanageable, intolerable, unbearable
impossible
/ ɪmˈpɒsəbəl /
adjective
- incapable of being done, undertaken, or experienced
- incapable of occurring or happening
- absurd or inconceivable; unreasonable
it's impossible to think of him as a bishop
- informal.intolerable; outrageous
those children are impossible
Derived Forms
- imˈpossibly, adverb
- imˈpossibleness, noun
Other Words From
- im·possi·ble·ness noun
- im·possi·bly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of impossible1
Example Sentences
In private, she said, Pence would say the “right things” in calls to governors and “was in an impossible situation with the president.”
Putting a set of those on a 400cc Polaris Sportsman made an incredible difference in performance, and made it almost impossible to get stuck unless I was high centered.
That’s not an impossible proportion of people to get into the streets — particularly if the activists doing the work get funded.
It is virtually impossible that he had all the same information as the actual president.
Past research suggests the planet may have active volcanism and may have once been home to shallow oceans, but the inability to map the surface optically has made it impossible to verify these theories so far.
Which is impossible unless people talk publicly rather than letting each crime be its own isolated incident.
But an ad-supported version of Desert Golfing was impossible.
It is impossible to calculate the full effect that watching this on television, listening on the radio must have had on Sam.
Aside from a blanket ban, social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit are nearly impossible to control.
Memorable songs that are impossible to get out of your head?
Adequate conception of the extent, the variety, the excellence of the works of Art here heaped together is impossible.
But what might have been very practicable for eight hundred and sixty men, was impossible for three hundred and sixty.
It is impossible to believe that thus far it is anything but a sketch and intimation of what it will presently be.
On the other hand, I could not bring myself by lengthy or impossible quotations to vilify Duns.
This is secured only by right objects of thought; it is impossible to reach it by voluntary mechanics.
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