unplausible

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Recent Examples of unplausible Others, though, found the entire concept totally unplausible and wished the show stayed true to its psychological thriller premise rather than introducing fantasy elements in its final moments. Neha Prakash, Marie Claire, 19 Feb. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unplausible
Adjective
  • An odd couple—one a goblin squeezed into an improbable trench-coat onesie, a fedora, and high heels—promenades down a steep incline while other strollers come and go.
    Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
  • Turns out that was just highly improbable.
    Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 1 June 2026
Adjective
  • Mekaneck is the Inspector Gadget of He-Man's gang, capable of periscoping his mechanical neck to implausible lengths and, er, not much else.
    Richard Edwards, Space.com, 4 June 2026
  • Stop using implausible scenarios to scare young people and the gullible with claims about global catastrophe due to future global temperature increases.
    Editorial, Boston Herald, 29 May 2026
Adjective
  • The game packs an unbelievable amount of variety into its level design, and the controls are just unconventional enough to keep you from coasting on muscle memory.
    Alex James Kane, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • Tesla’s Fremont factory stopped car production this year to make way for production lines for its Optimus robots, with unbelievable plans to ramp up capacity to 1 million units a year.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2026
Adjective
  • Getting warships into the water is hard enough without wasting funds on vessels unlikely ever to sail.
    Editorial, Boston Herald, 30 May 2026
  • Like any great artist, Grohl is a product of her surroundings, and that can’t help but include a very specific, unlikely upbringing.
    Rachel Brodsky, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
Adjective
  • The Ritz-Carlton guests will also finally have access to hop aboard the incredible, spaceship-like Adastra super-yacht, currently available only for neighboring Patina Maldives guests.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 June 2026
  • To not have that would be devastating … There’s just things that would become a lot more muted if people don’t have attachment to anything, which is quite incredible.
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 31 May 2026
Adjective
  • And that it’s all tied together with the messy, fraught and sometimes ridiculous experience of being human.
    Alexandra Oliva June 1, Literary Hub, 1 June 2026
  • The sabotage accusation is ridiculous.
    Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2026
Adjective
  • But in practice, solving that equation directly and exactly for a system with as many interacting electrons as FeMo-co has is often impossible.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 29 May 2026
  • How long the recovery will take is impossible to know.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 29 May 2026
Adjective
  • There is always the possibility that something absurd might occur — the equivalent of Neymar’s 2017 move to Paris Saint-Germain, for instance — but that’s extremely unlikely.
    Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 27 May 2026
  • Ironically, the fears of two Republicans advancing were driven by Democratic data vendor Paul Mitchell, who built a prediction machine using absurd inputs like betting odds and polls that cannot account for things like rape allegations.
    Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 27 May 2026

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“Unplausible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unplausible. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.

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