implausibility
pronunciation
How to pronounce implausibility in British English:
UK [ɪmplɔ:zɪ'bɪlɪtɪ]
How to pronounce implausibility in American English:
US [ɪmplɔzɪ'bɪlɪtɪ]
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- Noun:
- the quality of provoking disbelief
Word Origin
- implausibility (n.)
- 1630s; see implausible + -ity.
Example
- 1. However , the genetic implausibility of evolution comes from elsewhere and has far stronger arguments .
- 2. The implausibility of that claim should not detract from the potential impact of the plan .
- 3. In our national debate the inconclusive effort was blamed on the diversion of resources to iraq rather than on its inherent implausibility .
- 4. This statistic had been sent to the magazine he edits but he had rejected it on the dual grounds of sexism and implausibility .
- 5. Oddly , his attorneys put on no character witnesses or expert testimony of their own , apparently believing-wrongly-that the implausibility of the " memories " would be enough .