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
Write about a band—even one that isn’t real—and the book will be held to the same impossible standards.
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Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
The pressure is almost impossible to replicate.
—Annie Heilbrunn, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025
This, of course, is an impossible task.
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
Smooth, cool, and impossible to resist, just like the Texan himself.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2025
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Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
The pressure is almost impossible to replicate.
—Annie Heilbrunn, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025
This, of course, is an impossible task.
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
Smooth, cool, and impossible to resist, just like the Texan himself.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for impossible
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impossible
Adjective
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That said, if the cast’s recent interview with Variety is any indication, there’s one team that’s most unlikely to win based on punctuality alone.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
22 Sep. 2025
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Disneyland hasn’t raised the price of the cheapest $104 one-day single park admission since 2019 — and is unlikely to change the rock bottom price anytime soon.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Claressa Shields is a three-division world champion boxer and also a hopeless romantic.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
25 Sep. 2025
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Then, as the Steelers swarmed, Maye gave in to his playmaking impulse again — the same that had just kept the Patriots afloat — and lost the ball trying a hopeless pitch to TreVeyon Henderson.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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If the behavior becomes problematic, VCA Animal Hospitals recommends understanding why the dog is doing this and then resolving the issue directly.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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From the outset, the program was problematic.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In vacuum and one-sixth gravity, lubricants boil off, moving parts behave differently, and remote or autonomous operation is necessary because of the time delay between Earth and Moon, which makes real-time teleoperation impractical.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Sep. 2025
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Unfortunately, some of these tests are impractical and risk causing real-world harm.—
Matthew Hutson,
IEEE Spectrum,
22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Many local government officials, reformers, and policymakers in the 19th century saw vagrancy laws as futile at best, cruel at worst.—
Time,
Time,
16 Sep. 2025
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In other words, resistance is futile.—
Mia Sosa,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Impossible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impossible. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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