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单词 implausible
释义

implausible

adjective

im·​plau·​si·​ble (ˌ)im-ˈplȯ-zə-bəl How to pronounce implausible (audio)
: not plausible : provoking disbelief
implausibility
(ˌ)im-ˌplȯ-zə-ˈbi-lə-tē How to pronounce implausible (audio)
noun
implausibly
(ˌ)im-ˈplȯ-zə-blē How to pronounce implausible (audio)
adverb

Synonyms

  • fantastic
  • fantastical
  • inconceivable
  • incredible
  • incredulous
  • unbelievable
  • uncompelling
  • unconceivable
  • unconvincing
  • unimaginable
  • unthinkable
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Example Sentences

She's been making implausible claims. He gave an implausible excuse for showing up late for work. The novel has an implausible ending.
Recent Examples on the Web This limit was found to be prohibitively large, meaning the results indicate that many of the scenarios set out by Hameroff and Penrose’s quantum consciousness theory are implausible. Robert Lea, Popular Mechanics, 16 Aug. 2022 Within a week of the killing, Bellingcat published a piece outlining why Russia’s claims that the killer was not connected to the Russian state were implausible. Loveday Morris, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2022 Given this cruelty, no draconian legal ruling seems implausible. Joan Steinau Lester, CNN, 18 Aug. 2022 The idea that the Home Office would retroactively revoke his citizenship seems implausible, to say the least. Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 15 July 2022 As such, and with Conservative lawmakers holding easily the biggest number of seats in Parliament, that scenario seems implausible. New York Times, 8 July 2022 As such, and with Conservative lawmakers holding easily the biggest number of seats in Parliament, that scenario seems implausible. Stephen Castle, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2022 Outlandish patents aren’t necessarily careless or subversive, just somewhat implausible. Nat Watkins, Wired, 15 Mar. 2022 All of this was implausible enough to make yet another reappearance tough to justify. Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 3 Feb. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1677, in the meaning defined above

implausible

adjective

as in incredulous
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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • incredulous
  • incredible
  • unlikely
  • impossible
  • unconvincing
  • absurd
  • inconceivable
  • ridiculous
  • unbelievable
  • fantastical
  • doubtful
  • unreasonable
  • unthinkable
  • questionable
  • unimaginable
  • silly
  • uncompelling
  • dubious
  • unconceivable
  • fantastic
  • far-fetched
  • debatable
  • ludicrous
  • suspect
  • suspicious
  • full of it
  • preposterous
  • disputable
  • laughable
  • outlandish
  • hopeless
  • shaky
  • flimsy
  • fishy
  • untenable
  • farcical
  • risible
  • comical
  • dubitable
  • indefensible
  • dodgy
  • doubtable
  • insupportable

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • plausible
  • believable
  • conceivable
  • convincing
  • credible
  • possible
  • probable
  • imaginable
  • creditable
  • thinkable
  • likely
  • reasonable
  • supposable
  • cogitable
  • indisputable
  • certain
  • undeniable
  • sure
  • unquestionable
  • incontestable
  • indubitable
  • undoubted
  • questionless
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