as in incredible
too extraordinary or improbable to believe
the terrorist attacks generated a whole passel of implausible conspiracy theories that dishonor the memory of those who perished
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Recent Examples of implausible
That doesn’t feel remotely implausible, given the level of talent (and of the popular appreciation for that talent) at play here.
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Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Aug. 2025
But such a move is not implausible—especially since collective bargaining with college athletes would put an end to antitrust lawsuits over those athletes’ rights.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 22 July 2025
Amazon’s surprise entry into grocery retail with the 2017 acquisition of Whole Foods, for example, must’ve seemed implausible to incumbent retailers at the time and likely wasn’t considered as a scenario to anticipate.
—François Candelon, Fortune, 11 July 2025
There's also a nod to the narrator's wife making an unexpected comeback late on, though Robbie's miraculous/implausible (delete as appropriate) return from the dead stretches credibility way past breaking point.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 29 June 2025
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Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Aug. 2025
But such a move is not implausible—especially since collective bargaining with college athletes would put an end to antitrust lawsuits over those athletes’ rights.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 22 July 2025
Amazon’s surprise entry into grocery retail with the 2017 acquisition of Whole Foods, for example, must’ve seemed implausible to incumbent retailers at the time and likely wasn’t considered as a scenario to anticipate.
—François Candelon, Fortune, 11 July 2025
There's also a nod to the narrator's wife making an unexpected comeback late on, though Robbie's miraculous/implausible (delete as appropriate) return from the dead stretches credibility way past breaking point.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 29 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for implausible
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Harry brought his trademark humor and warmth to the awards, a ceremony honoring seriously ill children who have shown incredible courage, joking and making smiles all around.—
Erin Hill,
People.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Thanks to incredible works like Parasite and Squid Game, Korean content has made huge achievements on the world stage.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
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Out of towners may be incredulous about Charlotte’s Chinese food scene, but tens of thousands of Asian Charlotteans know where to go — they just might be tightlipped about it.—
Shindy Chen,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Sep. 2025
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After the Yankees held on to win 8-4, Trammell was incredulous that his integrity was called into question.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Sep. 2025
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When an amateur true crime investigator arrives with the intention of tracking down the town's serial killer, the unlikely pair strike a truce to avoid being caught – and might just find a love story in their own madness.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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Japanese women are unlikely to buy a shirt that shows a lot of cleavage.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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Poggi deemed that an impossible request.—
Austin Meek,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
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Farmers are facing impossible choices.—
Phil Lempert,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Exteriors are unconvincing, which undercuts the illusion del Toro is trying to achieve, such that a scene with CG wolves looks too fake to be upsetting.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
30 Aug. 2025
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The time and date are accurate, and the place, but the rest of it is wholly unconvincing.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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Naturally, cultivating enough soy and corn to feed billions upon billions of chickens demands an inconceivable amount of land, water and fossil fuels.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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In past discussions, Asimov had employed the apt analogy of examining the elemental motion of gasses, where movements of each individual molecule is nearly impossible to predict, but taken as a whole its progressions and paths can be charted out across inconceivable oceans of time.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Obviously, the pitching side was unbelievable.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
10 Sep. 2025
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This was an unbelievable weekend.—
Saajan Jogia,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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There’s no denying that catfish noodling is an absurd sport.—
Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
11 Sep. 2025
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Barely any other media in recent times has given me an instant shock of glee or revulsion like this absurd anarcho-cartoon being stretched and squeezed to its most grotesque and wholesome clickbait limits.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Implausible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/implausible. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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