the impossible
noun
: something that cannot be done or that is very difficult
Expecting people to do a good job in such a short time is asking the impossible.
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Instead, he is now being goaded into the impossible retaking of land Ukraine could not get back in the summer of 2023, during a heavily prepped counter-offensive.
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Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
Which is to say that to dream the impossible dream is one thing, but to pretend that its reality is quite another.
—Ed Simon
september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
Silent Hill 2 did the impossible by remaking an iconic game.
—Vincent Acovino, NPR, 22 Sep. 2025
An Essay on the Principles of Population was his attempt to ascertain where some of those limits might lie, so that policy could respond to social problems effectively, rather than exacerbating them by trying to achieve the impossible.
—Roy Scranton, JSTOR Daily, 18 Sep. 2025
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Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
Which is to say that to dream the impossible dream is one thing, but to pretend that its reality is quite another.
—Ed Simon
september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
Silent Hill 2 did the impossible by remaking an iconic game.
—Vincent Acovino, NPR, 22 Sep. 2025
An Essay on the Principles of Population was his attempt to ascertain where some of those limits might lie, so that policy could respond to social problems effectively, rather than exacerbating them by trying to achieve the impossible.
—Roy Scranton, JSTOR Daily, 18 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the impossible
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“The impossible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20impossible. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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