implausible

[im-plaw-zuh-buhl] Example Sentences

im·plau·si·ble

[im-plaw-zuh-buhl]
adjective
not plausible; not having the appearance of truth or credibility: an implausible alibi.

Origin:
1595–1605; im-2 + plausible

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


unlikely, improbable, unbelievable.

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Implausible is always a great word to know.
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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
Example Sentences
  • Because of its creative elasticity, sci-fi is able to make strange, implausible ideas mundane and everyday.
  • Implausible though this may sound, the theoretical mechanism behind such an effect is pretty well understood.
  • Yet it is also our number that makes such prospects for organization implausible.
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implausible (ɪmˈplɔːzəbəl)
 
adj
not plausible; provoking disbelief; unlikely
 
implausi'bility
 
n
 
im'plausibleness
 
n
 
im'plausibly
 
adv

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