impossible

adjective im·pos·si·ble \ (ˌ)im-ˈpä-sə-bəl \

|Updated on: 22 Jul 2018

Examples: impossible in a Sentence

Definition of impossible

1 a : incapable of being or of occurring

b : felt to be incapable of being done, attained, or fulfilled : insuperably difficult

an impossible deadline

2 a : extremely undesirable : unacceptable

b : extremely awkward or difficult to deal with

the actor was impossible on the set

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impossibleness

noun

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Examples of impossible in a Sentence

It's impossible to predict the future.
The heavy rain made it impossible to see the road.
It's physically impossible for a child to lift that much at once.
It's virtually impossible to book a flight just before the holiday.
These math problems are impossible!
You refuse to help and then criticize me for not doing it right? You're impossible!
My boss is just an impossible woman.

Recent Examples of impossible from the Web

The trick, of course, is phrasing your command correctly and knowing that browsing and comparison shopping is impossible.

— jefferson graham, USA TODAY, "Shopping with Alexa on Amazon Prime day will be hard. These tricks make it easier," 13 July 2018
But as long as Black Hills is in the picture, Pueblo’s push to go fully green may be impossible.

— justin worland/pueblo, Time, "How One Industrial City Is Fighting to Go Green," 12 July 2018
Keeping all of the people happy all of the time is impossible, so said no less an authority than Abraham Lincoln, who was credited with using the thoughts and words of poet John Lydgate, to express that message.

— editorial from the aegis, The Aegis, "Some are unhappy [Editorial]," 12 July 2018
Still, Jornet seemed resigned to the fact that clarity might be impossible.

— nick heil, Outside Online, "Are Kilian Jornet's Speed Records Too Good to Be True?," 12 July 2018
Listening to music or picking out one voice from several others is often impossible.

— justin chen, STAT, "Pulses of light restored hearing in gerbils. Could that lead to higher-tech cochlear implants?," 11 July 2018
Francisco Ferrándiz, a social anthropologist with the Spanish National Research Council who served on the commission, believes that dismantling its fascist symbolism is impossible.

— joseph zeballos-roig, The New Republic, "How to Dig Up a Dictator," 11 July 2018
But decarbonization by mid-century will be impossible without substantial policy, period.

— david roberts, Vox, "The US is rapidly losing nuclear power. That’s profoundly concerning for climate change.," 11 July 2018
All three are privately held, meaning public scrutiny of their finances is impossible.

— joe garofoli, SFChronicle.com, "John Cox, California governor candidate, says business background a big boost," 9 July 2018

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