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
The project also features additional production from Fred again.., whose influence on the global electronic scene has been impossible to ignore following his chart-topping Actual Life series and recent collaborations with artists like Skrillex and Romy.
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Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 7 July 2025
Malonga is massive around the rim and makes what should be easy finishes impossible for the opposing team.
—Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 7 July 2025
Even though upside down, impossible not to see it while solving.
—Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 July 2025
Links come out already interlaced, with a precision and time frame impossible to achieve with human hands, who were already busy enough setting the 2,752 diamonds the design also called for.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 7 July 2025
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Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 7 July 2025
Malonga is massive around the rim and makes what should be easy finishes impossible for the opposing team.
—Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 7 July 2025
Even though upside down, impossible not to see it while solving.
—Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 July 2025
Links come out already interlaced, with a precision and time frame impossible to achieve with human hands, who were already busy enough setting the 2,752 diamonds the design also called for.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 7 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impossible
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Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point game is much mythologized in NBA lore, but his extremely unlikely performance at the foul line that night isn’t recognized often.—
Chris Reed,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 July 2025
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Defeat to the Netherlands would eliminate them (unless Wales were to beat France, leaving England praying for an unlikely 9-3-3-3 group and scraping through in second, which simply isn’t going to happen).—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
6 July 2025
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In a time when the suffering and seemingly hopeless prospects of America’s poor are known to all who have eyes to see, the only fig leaf available to hide the obscenity of this bill is the old partisan charge of waste, fraud and abuse.—
Clarence Page,
Chicago Tribune,
6 July 2025
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Valentine, Texas, stamps 10,000+ love letters each year For more than three decades, the small-town Valentine Post Office — also known as the Love Station — has processed thousands of love letters from hopeless romantics around the world.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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Storied but problematic luxury Italian sports carmaker Maserati is not for sale; yet.—
Neil Winton,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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What really matters is Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s problematic language -- specifically, his casual gendering of the American B-2 bombing crews.—
Becket Adams,
National Review,
29 June 2025
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By contrast, the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands have been allocated to Wi-Fi for a long time, are heavily used, and modifying existing devices to stop using parts of the bands would be impractical.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
30 June 2025
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This sheer volume makes manual auditing impractical and reinforces the need for intelligent tools that can scale.—
Prashant Kondle,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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The regime’s tyrannical efforts to control and extinguish their savings were futile against their newfound freedom money.—
Mauricio Di Bartolomeo,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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The researchers said their findings should not suggest afforestation and carbon offsetting are futile.—
Hayley Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2025
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“Impossible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impossible. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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