as in unlikely
incapable of being solved or accomplished
the seemingly impossible problem of world hunger fitting everything in my backpack seemed an impossible task
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Recent Examples of impossible
Methane traps around 80 times as much heat as CO2 over a 20-year horizon, making the emissions from a buildout of this scale difficult to quantify but impossible to ignore.
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Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 24 Apr. 2026
Most homeowners lack flood insurance, as the disaster was considered impossible in their community.
—Sarah Brumfield, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
On Gen Z, both executives emphasized that the generation is nearly impossible to fool.
—Kennedy French, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
Despite your desire to remain detached, relationships become impossible to ignore today, Aquarius.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
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Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 24 Apr. 2026
Most homeowners lack flood insurance, as the disaster was considered impossible in their community.
—Sarah Brumfield, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
On Gen Z, both executives emphasized that the generation is nearly impossible to fool.
—Kennedy French, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
Despite your desire to remain detached, relationships become impossible to ignore today, Aquarius.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for impossible
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impossible
Adjective
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Attempting to close this gap solely by raising the gas tax would require a dramatic increase that is unlikely to be politically viable.—
Andrew Stasiowski,
Boston Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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But analysts said the new model is unlikely to send markets into the kind of frenzy the previous one did.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Kay seems to be more of a relentless romantic than a hopeless one.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
28 Apr. 2026
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The Swiss Eugen Bleuler, a follower of Kraepelin, replaced the term dementia praecox, which implied hopeless deterioration, with the softer term schizophrenia.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Some content creators are compensated, and this also creates problematic incentives in the system.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Apr. 2026
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That’s not just problematic for poorer communities but also for affluent suburbs like Cheshire that get sparse state funding.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
27 Apr. 2026
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Scientists typically test candidates one by one, making large-scale discovery impractical.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Apr. 2026
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And it’s set in a snowy wintertime, which would have been impractical and expensive in live action, but pays all kinds of benefits in terms of staging and mood.—
Television Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Bayern coach José Barcala was also shown red by referee Ivana Martinčić for his protests, which were futile because a VAR check confirmed Kett’s foul.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
25 Apr. 2026
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The entire Earth knows it, and that makes trading Aiyuk for anything notable a nearly futile undertaking.—
Armando Salguero OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Impossible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impossible. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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