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[ im-plaw-zuh-buhl ] / ɪmˈplɔ zə bəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR implausible ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivenot plausible; not having the appearance of truth or credibility: an implausible alibi. Origin of implausibleFirst recorded in 1595–1605; im-2 + plausible SYNONYMS FOR implausibleunlikely, improbable, unbelievable. SEE SYNONYMS FOR implausible ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM implausibleim·plau·si·bil·i·ty, im·plau·si·ble·ness, nounim·plau·si·bly, adverbWords nearby implausibleimplantable, implantation, implant denture, implanted suture, implantology, implausible, implead, impleader, implement, implementation, implicate Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for implausibleThis situation makes rather implausible or unrealistic some of the proposed schemes. New Clues to Chemical Origins of Metabolism at Dawn of Life|John Rennie|October 12, 2020|Quanta Magazine It is very difficult to sit by helplessly while a friend is imprisoned for a crime that is too implausible to comprehend. Behind Bars for the Holidays: 11 Political Prisoners We Want to See Free In 2015|Movements.Org|December 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST The allegation may or may not be true, but it is not implausible. In Jerusalem Home Demolitions, the Biblical Justice of Revenge|Creede Newton|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST But it is implausible at best to suggest that nothing is better than something. Naomi Klein’s ‘This Changes Everything’ Will Change Nothing|Michael Signer|November 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A dark-skinned man and light-skinned woman stand among a crowd, clothed chimpanzees in each of their arms—an implausible family. Garry Winogrand’s American Hustle Comes To The Met|Justin Jones|June 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST To establishment Republicans and Democrats, that sounds like an absurdly narrow and implausible vision. Why The Zombie Tea Party Won’t Stay Dead|James Poulos|October 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST This was no implausible ground for imagining that his death had some other cause than the yellow fever. Ormond, Volume I (of 3)|Charles Brockden Brown Third, you print stories that give a weak and implausible scientific basis. Astounding Stories, February, 1931|Various Larry recognized that his statement had sounded most implausible. Children of the Whirlwind|Leroy Scott
British Dictionary definitions for implausible
adjectivenot plausible; provoking disbelief; unlikely Derived forms of implausibleimplausibility or implausibleness, nounimplausibly, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to implausibleunbelievable, incredible, unreasonable, dubious, farfetched, improbable, flimsy, impossible, inconceivable, unconvincing, doubtful, far out, fishy, obscure, problematic, puzzling, suspect, thin, unsubstantial, weak |