implausibleadj.
/ɪmˈplɔːzɪb(ə)l/ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > [adjective] > worthy of disapproval > not worthy of approval
hard-favoured1595
implausible1602
unapprovable1647
objectionable1653
unexemplar1685
exceptionable1691
unexemplary1699
ceptionable1702
objectable1747
beastly1763
objectional1799
unqualifiable1823
funky1946
1602 W. Warner Epitome Hist. Eng. in Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) 371 After his death him seuerally succeeded..his two Sons, Harold, and..Hardy-Knought: Either of them implausable and burdenous to the English.
2. Not having the appearance of truth, probability, or acceptability; not plausible.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > disbelief, incredulity > [adjective] > implausible
unmaintainablea1631
untenable1650
unsustainable1662
implausiblea1677
intenable1738
untenible1783
inconceivable1865
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > improbability, unlikeliness > [adjective] > unconvincing
unplausible1637
unsatisfactory1637
unpersuasive1651
unsatisfying1656
unconvincing1659
implausiblea1677
dowf1786
a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1683) II. 369 By so impotent, so implausible and improbable means.
1730 J. Swift Vindic. Ld. C—— 15 Nothing can better improve political School-boys, than the Art of making plausible or implausible Harangues, against the very Opinion for which they resolve to Determine.
1788 G. Campbell Four Gospels (1807) II. 84 This, though not implausible, is mere conjecture.
1794 E. Burke On Petition of Unitarians in Wks. (1842) II. 475 When they mingle a political system with their religious opinions, true or false, plausible or implausible.
1971 Nature 5 Feb. 408/1 It is implausible that such animals should have preceded in time the small and structurally different species Hipparion nagriensis Hussain.
1974 Daily Tel. 20 Feb. 13/2 The play was..a highly stagey and implausible piece.
Derivatives
imˈplausibleness n. implausibility.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > disbelief, incredulity > [noun] > something unbelievable > implausibility
implausibility1592
untenableness1833
untenability1841
implausibleness1846
1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) Implausibleness.
imˈplausibly adv. not plausibly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > disbelief, incredulity > [adverb] > implausibly
unprobably1580
implausibly1818
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > improbability, unlikeliness > [adverb] > unconvincingly
unsatisfyingly1653
unsatisfactorily1657
weakly1662
unplausibly1706
implausibly1818
unpersuasively1855
unconvincingly1891
1818 H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. Implausibly.
1894 Yellow Bk. 1 75 That which is already fair is complete, it may be urged—urged implausibly.
1928 Music & Lett. July 234 Men..able to..write categorically though implausibly.
1965 Chicago Tribune 10 Aug. The principal river..was variously named Konomick, Killamick, Calamick and sundry other versions which some claim, implausibly, meant ‘white beaver’.
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