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
Most people would call that impossible.
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Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Losing him is impossible to comprehend.
—Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2026
The point is to remove the financial barriers that make public service careers impossible for people who can’t afford to take low-paying jobs right out of college.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 30 Jan. 2026
Lately, that’s become impossible.
—Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for impossible
Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Losing him is impossible to comprehend.
—Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2026
The point is to remove the financial barriers that make public service careers impossible for people who can’t afford to take low-paying jobs right out of college.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 30 Jan. 2026
Lately, that’s become impossible.
—Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for impossible
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impossible
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There’s unlikely to be much appetite in the country or elsewhere in the region for an overhaul – especially as China and Brazil are planning a railway corridor linking the country, and its exports like soybeans and iron ore, to the Peruvian port.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
31 Jan. 2026
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As crypto becomes more connected to the global financial market, price analysis is unlikely to cover all of them.—
Matthew Kayser,
Freep.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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From what looked like a hopeless position just a few weeks ago, the subscribers are now off the bottom of the table and gearing up for a potential title challenge.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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And if the hypotheticals are not enough to dissuade, history is littered with teams trading away their future for immediate glories, seeing their plans implode, and being left with a ruinous future that becomes a hopeless present while another team reaps the benefits.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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At supersonic speeds, this is incredibly problematic.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Jan. 2026
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Ignore areas that look problematic.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
25 Jan. 2026
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Along with complaints about the building’s size, the Geffen Galleries’ heavy use of concrete had been criticized as an impractical choice for hanging art.—
Malia Mendez,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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Erdoğan’s speeches are full of practical advice about how to destroy the left, such as calling progressives lazy, impractical alcoholics funded by globalist lobbies and contrasting the efficiency of an imperial president with the messiness of parliamentary policymaking.—
Kaya Genç,
The Dial,
3 Feb. 2026
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The metallic sheets cannot stop the damage Echard seeks to impose on her canvases, much like those tinfoil hats that some use in confused, futile efforts to shield themselves from pernicious invisible forces.—
Theo Belci,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2026
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But other professors, perhaps concluding that resistance is futile, are adjusting to the media their students grew up on.—
Rose Horowitch,
The Atlantic,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Impossible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impossible. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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