as in unlikely
incapable of being solved or accomplished
the seemingly impossible problem of world hunger fitting everything in my backpack seemed an impossible task
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Recent Examples of impossible
However, the Vaile Victorian Society, the volunteer group that maintains the house and runs tours, worries that once the house ceases to become a public property, the careful preservation work, which the aged property relies on, will be impossible to maintain.
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Kansas City Star, 8 May 2026
Yet every film remains a prototype, impossible to mass-produce on an assembly line.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2026
The changes are impossible to miss.
—Aaron Leibowitz
may 8, Miami Herald, 8 May 2026
Powell said what comes next is impossible to predict.
—Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 8 May 2026
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Kansas City Star, 8 May 2026
Yet every film remains a prototype, impossible to mass-produce on an assembly line.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2026
The changes are impossible to miss.
—Aaron Leibowitz
may 8, Miami Herald, 8 May 2026
Powell said what comes next is impossible to predict.
—Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 8 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for impossible
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impossible
Adjective
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Intel's only other major external customer commitment for foundry is unlikely to see real results until 2029 or beyond.—
Katie Tarasov,
CNBC,
8 May 2026
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The depiction of the boy is unlikely to be accurate, according to the trust.—
Amarachi Orie,
CNN Money,
8 May 2026
Adjective
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To Some New Island Guests With a competitive streak a mile wide, Penny (Roorbach) is charming, popular, and a hopeless romantic – for now, anyway.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
7 May 2026
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This behavior has become epidemic in our voyeuristic and hopeless society.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
4 May 2026
Adjective
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If California can’t take care of its citizens first, that’s problematic.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
4 May 2026
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Tight waterways also make escorting convoys problematic, as there is little room to maneuver to avoid threats.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
4 May 2026
Adjective
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Scientists typically test candidates one by one, making large-scale discovery impractical.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Apr. 2026
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And it’s set in a snowy wintertime, which would have been impractical and expensive in live action, but pays all kinds of benefits in terms of staging and mood.—
Television Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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But although resistance is similarly futile, their goals are less about assimilation than worshipping the obsessive Grant's wife, Starla (Elizabeth Banks).—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
1 May 2026
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His father was a schoolteacher and a member of the Nazi Party; Baselitz, who was seven at the cessation of World War II, would later recall the smoke rising from firebombed Dresden as his mother hurried her children through the city in a futile attempt to escape the Russians.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
1 May 2026
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“Impossible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impossible. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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