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
This may have seemed implausible weeks ago.
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Jason D. Greenblatt, semafor.com, 4 Mar. 2026
This makes regime change implausible.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026
The conference’s crash-and-burn scenario, while unlikely, is not implausible.
—Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2026
By attempting to disqualify Bianco with attacks designed to excite conservative voters, Hilton may improve his odds of surviving the primary while reinforcing the image that makes a Republican statewide victory in California implausible.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 24 Feb. 2026
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Jason D. Greenblatt, semafor.com, 4 Mar. 2026
This makes regime change implausible.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026
The conference’s crash-and-burn scenario, while unlikely, is not implausible.
—Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2026
By attempting to disqualify Bianco with attacks designed to excite conservative voters, Hilton may improve his odds of surviving the primary while reinforcing the image that makes a Republican statewide victory in California implausible.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 24 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for implausible
Adjective
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Go up against incredible competition and the expectations and some change, right?—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
30 Mar. 2026
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We were robbed of an incredible human.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The judge, Cedric Simpson, was incredulous.—
Frank Witsil,
Freep.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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Travelers at the airport Monday who heard about the vote were incredulous.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Another surgery swapped out her breast implants to erase her shoulder pain in 2022, Dishell said, but doctors warned her then that her other pain was unlikely to improve.—
Brett Kelman,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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But McKinnon, who runs the $14 billion digital identity management company Okta, adds that CEOs are unlikely to get the answer from their in-house IT experts.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
3 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Many of Florida’s buildings face aging materials, punishing weather, and deferred maintenance that quietly compound until conditions become impossible to ignore and threaten residents’ safety.—
Keegan A. Berry,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2026
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The trustworthiness of nearly every website, inbox, and bank account rests on the assumption that these two problems are impossible to solve.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
3 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Jurors found those claims unconvincing.—
Sonja Sharp,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2026
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What once was certain has become an unconvincing maybe.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
5 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Envisioning a future without steel was once an inconceivable scenario for Pittsburgh.—
Christopher Briem,
The Conversation,
25 Mar. 2026
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Put nothing past Ohtani, including the inconceivable.—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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There is unbelievable disdain and resentment and anger toward this woman.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
26 Mar. 2026
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Tying a Hornets record for 3-pointers The only thing that was unbelievable about Tuesday night, in fact, was that the Hornets didn’t break a franchise record.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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This series is inspired by the shocking and absurd true story of the suburban dentist who built a drug empire behind the façade of the American dream.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
2 Apr. 2026
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To consider Karaban as anything but an abject success story is absurd.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Implausible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/implausible. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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