out of the question

Idioms  

1. Impossible, not worth considering, as in Starting over again is certainly out of the question. This term uses question to refer to what is being talked or asked about. [c. 1700]

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out of the question

In parts of south-east England, it is not out of the question that temperatures won't dip below 20C overnight.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Direct landfall of a hurricane-strength Marie is out of the question for California, and there’s only a 10% chance of a direct tropical storm landfall, said UC climate scientist Daniel Swain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

But it’s not out of the question that it will have some impact.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026

With the scrape Debbie and Judith find themselves in, a beach holiday is out of the question.

From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026

This seems the easiest solution until, stopped in his tracks, he remembers that he has no phone and that turning around and crawling back through Ada Taylor’s window is out of the question.

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley