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View usage for: (ɪmplɔːzɪbəl) adjectiveIf you describe something as implausible, you believe that it is unlikely to be true. I had to admit it sounded like an implausible excuse. It seems implausible that the projects would have gone ahead without her backing. Synonyms: improbable, unlikely, weak, incredible More Synonyms of implausible implausibly adverb They are, rather implausibly, close friends. implausible in British English (ɪmˈplɔːzəbəl) adjectivenot plausible; provoking disbelief; unlikely Derived forms implausibility (imˌplausiˈbility) or implausibleness (imˈplausibleness) noun implausibly (imˈplausibly) adverb implausible in American English (ɪmˈplɔzəbəl) Derived forms implausibility (imˌplausiˈbility) nounWord forms: plural imˌplausiˈbilities implausibly (imˈplausibly) adverb Examples of 'implausible' in a sentenceimplausible The shifty look, the evasive stare, the implausible excuse.That denial now looks implausible at best.It sounds implausible that a piece of writing can actually be enhanced by technically imperfect diction.When she visited a psychic for research purposes she found it highly implausible.Not knowing her at all is becoming an increasingly implausible option.But a pretty implausible plot twist results in a conflict of interest.E-mail addresses were exchanged together with his rather implausible excuse of why we might not see each other for some time.At first this sounds rather implausible.The company has been seen as a takeover target, but that looks implausible.What do you mean, it all sounds utterly implausible?No stories sounds implausible, disingenuous or worse.The plot has some highly implausible twists, too.Despite a few wildly implausible plot twists, this is an engagingly human thriller.I find this view of language highly implausible.This all sounds most implausible.That sounds implausible to me.It now sounds highly implausible.He was told quite recently that they had been taped over as a matter of routine, which does sound highly implausible.If the committee's work is anything to go by, his promise sounds implausible.I would have found the very idea of such a scene and such a sound implausible before my arrival in Cairo. Definition not easy to believe It sounded like a convenient and implausible excuse. Synonyms dubious suspectunreasonable cock-and-bull (informal) Additional synonymsDefinition unlikely to be true unrealistic characters in far-fetched storylines Synonyms unconvincing, unlikely, strained, fantastic, incredible, doubtful, unbelievable, dubious, unrealistic, improbable, unnatural, preposterous, implausible, hard to swallow (informal), cock-and-bull (informal) Definition not very convincing The charges were based on flimsy evidence. Synonyms unconvincing, poor, thin, weak, inadequate, pathetic, transparent, trivial, feeble, unsatisfactory, frivolous, tenuous, implausibleDefinition unbelievable Do not dismiss as incredible the stories your children tell you. Synonyms unbelievable, impossible, absurd, unthinkable, questionable, improbable, inconceivable, preposterous, unconvincing, unimaginable, outlandish, far-fetched, implausible, beyond belief, cock-and-bull (informal), not able to hold water Nearby words ofimplausible - implacability
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