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
Wilde then shot the film sequentially—rare for small films and logistically impossible for larger ones—in just 21 days on a set designed to mimic a labyrinthian San Francisco apartment.
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Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
26 June 2026
This was nearly impossible to predict because the Mets have the largest payroll in baseball at nearly $330 million, but a 12-game losing streak in April has been impossible to overcome.
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Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
26 June 2026
Coben, 64, thought that production couldn't commence until the crowds were cleared out, which seemed impossible to him.
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Ralphie Aversa,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
There are so many reasons why tending to your mental health after a baby can feel nearly impossible.
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Parents,
25 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for impossible
Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
26 June 2026
This was nearly impossible to predict because the Mets have the largest payroll in baseball at nearly $330 million, but a 12-game losing streak in April has been impossible to overcome.
—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
26 June 2026
Coben, 64, thought that production couldn't commence until the crowds were cleared out, which seemed impossible to him.
—
Ralphie Aversa,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
There are so many reasons why tending to your mental health after a baby can feel nearly impossible.
—
Parents,
25 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for impossible
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impossible
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Hezbollah is unlikely to agree to any plan that would include its disarmament throughout the country.
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Alito also wrote that the argument that Haiti’s TPS designation was terminated because of race, thus violating equal protection claims, was unlikely to succeed.
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The conflict feels contemporary without growing too cynical, and the core relationship stakes seem real without skewing hopeless.
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The situation of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank would almost certainly worsen and become more hopeless.
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Or will society collectively begin to see this as problematic?
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Calories Burned Chasing a calorie burn is especially problematic, according to De Leon.
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The firm at one earlier point had reportedly offered a service to screen against low intelligence in human embryos, which is a highly controversial and perhaps impractical idea.
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Pretty, functional storage solutions are the perfect antidote to impractical minimalism.
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Fahd, cradling his bloodied baby, pressing his hand to Sam’s head in a futile attempt to staunch the bleeding.
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The suit recounts the rapid deterioration — and futile attempts to salvage — what for a long time had been a mutually beneficial professional and artistic partnership.
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“Impossible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impossible. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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