impossible
adjective
im·pos·si·ble
(ˌ)im-ˈpä-sə-bəl 
1
a
: incapable of being or of occurring
b
: felt to be incapable of being done, attained, or fulfilled : insuperably difficult
an impossible deadline
2
a
: extremely undesirable : unacceptable
b
: extremely awkward or difficult to deal with
the actor was impossible on the set
impossibleness
noun
Synonyms
Examples of impossible in a Sentence
It's impossible to predict the future.
The heavy rain made it impossible to see the road.
It's physically impossible for a child to lift that much at once.
It's virtually impossible to book a flight just before the holiday.
These math problems are impossible!
You refuse to help and then criticize me for not doing it right? You're impossible!
My boss is just an impossible woman.
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Travel conditions in some areas were expected to be difficult if not impossible.
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Bruce Finley, The Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2024
Some worry that this will put an impossible burden on public welfare and health care systems and on younger generations who will have to care for a huge population of older people.
—Vegard Skirbekk, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2024
Republicans, with their congenitally overconfident candidate and an entire political operation premised on telling the Republican electorate that Trump’s defeat is literally impossible, have a different problem.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
Bungie recently acknowledged the existence of arguably the worst bug in Destiny 2’s entire history, the revelation that for years now, loot drops have been bugged to make certain perk combinations close to impossible to get, when all combinations were supposedly supposed to be weighted equally.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Bruce Finley, The Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2024
Some worry that this will put an impossible burden on public welfare and health care systems and on younger generations who will have to care for a huge population of older people.
—Vegard Skirbekk, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2024
Republicans, with their congenitally overconfident candidate and an entire political operation premised on telling the Republican electorate that Trump’s defeat is literally impossible, have a different problem.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
Bungie recently acknowledged the existence of arguably the worst bug in Destiny 2’s entire history, the revelation that for years now, loot drops have been bugged to make certain perk combinations close to impossible to get, when all combinations were supposedly supposed to be weighted equally.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Impossible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impossible. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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impossible
adjective
im·pos·si·ble
(ˈ)im-ˈpäs-ə-bəl
1
a
: incapable of being or of occurring
b
: very difficult : hopeless
an impossible situation
2
: very bad or unpleasant
an impossible person
impossibly
adverb
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