as in incredible
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
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Recent Examples of implausible
But a return to previous stomping grounds seems like an implausible reality.
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Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 3 July 2025
Her somewhat implausible problem is that her bad feelings—her irritation, her boredom—never register as such because of her beauty, her wealth, and her pedigree; so great is her beauty that even her nastiest moods feel like a sunny glow to others.
—Claire Jarvis, New Yorker, 8 July 2025
Historically, spoofs were easily identifiable due to typographical errors, subpar visuals, and implausible claims.
—Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
As three people with remote connections to a house try to solve two brutal murders, the story becomes increasingly complicated and implausible, evolving into a fable about a cursed family.
—Pat Tompkins, AFAR Media, 18 June 2025
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Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 3 July 2025
Her somewhat implausible problem is that her bad feelings—her irritation, her boredom—never register as such because of her beauty, her wealth, and her pedigree; so great is her beauty that even her nastiest moods feel like a sunny glow to others.
—Claire Jarvis, New Yorker, 8 July 2025
Historically, spoofs were easily identifiable due to typographical errors, subpar visuals, and implausible claims.
—Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
As three people with remote connections to a house try to solve two brutal murders, the story becomes increasingly complicated and implausible, evolving into a fable about a cursed family.
—Pat Tompkins, AFAR Media, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for implausible
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The Encore® family of azaleas stands apart from all others with their incredible reblooming ability, sun tolerance, and cold hardiness.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
8 Aug. 2025
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The Hubble Telescope and its Wide Field Camera 3 got an incredible view of the comet named 3I/ATLAS, which came from beyond our solar system, on July 21 when the object was 277 million miles (445 million kilometers) from Earth.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2025
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The spectacle left many South Africans watching at home incredulous and saw Ramaphosa make his strongest remarks on the matter yet.—
Kate Bartlett,
NPR,
15 May 2025
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Since being posted, the video has been viewed more than 8 million times and liked by over 160,000 users, leaving viewers both entertained and incredulous.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 June 2025
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Any appeal by Patterson was unlikely to succeed, though it could not be ruled out, Beale said on Friday.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
8 Aug. 2025
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Are there case of Legionnaires' disease in Michigan? Because Legionnaires' disease is not transmissible from person to person, the New York City cluster is unlikely to become a regional epidemic that would spread into neighboring states.—
Juan Carlos Castillo,
Freep.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Details from a frontline war zone are almost impossible to verify, but the brigade has shared plenty of footage, including shots of the drone lifting the bike and a soldier riding it back to safety along a treeline.—
Nate Anderson,
ArsTechnica,
1 Aug. 2025
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Early critical rejection can spawn a negative narrative that proves nearly impossible to reverse.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
1 Aug. 2025
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On the rare occasion when the series tries to incorporate the perils of the park, the staging is unconvincing and the results are predictable.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
17 July 2025
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In several cases in recent years, judges and juries have found Harper’s diagnoses unconvincing.—
Jessica Lussenhop,
ProPublica,
30 June 2025
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Metrics determine our life and work in ways that were inconceivable ten or 15 years ago.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
28 July 2025
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These are monumental achievements, inconceivable in the past, that will allow the state to navigate the swings and roundabouts a deluded Congress imposes on us.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
5 July 2025
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And the notion of me showing up and asking them for money is still unbelievable to this day.—
Jeryl Brunner,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Everyone came to play tonight and Wacha did an unbelievable job.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
7 Aug. 2025
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These movies are brilliantly written, but above all will do anything to get a laugh, no matter how silly, how absurd, how ridiculous — how stupid.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Interestingly, the Vance memes were far more surreal and absurd than South Park’s caricature, which retained the simple, bloated design of the first few images.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Implausible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/implausible. Accessed 14 Aug. 2025.
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