implausible
adjective
im·plau·si·ble
(ˌ)im-ˈplȯ-zə-bəl 
: not plausible : provoking disbelief
an implausible excuse
Examples of implausible in a Sentence
She's been making implausible claims.
He gave an implausible excuse for showing up late for work.
The novel has an implausible ending.
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025
The idea of an alternative became even more implausible after the United States’ apparent victory in the Cold War, whereupon history itself seemed to end in American-style democracy and capitalism.
—Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
To Nkrumah, unifying Africa was the logical next step, no more implausible than what had just been achieved.
—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025
The idea of an alternative became even more implausible after the United States’ apparent victory in the Cold War, whereupon history itself seemed to end in American-style democracy and capitalism.
—Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
To Nkrumah, unifying Africa was the logical next step, no more implausible than what had just been achieved.
—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
On a test called IntPhys, which requires AI models to identify if the actions happening in a video are physically plausible or implausible, V-JEPA was nearly 98% accurate.
—Quanta Magazine, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Implausible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/implausible. Accessed 4 Dec. 2025.
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