implausible

pronunciation

How to pronounce implausible in British English: UK [ɪmˈplɔ:zəbl]word uk audio image

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  • Adjective:
    having a quality that provokes disbelief
    highly imaginative but unlikely

Word Origin

implausible (adj.)
c. 1600, from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + plausible. Related: Implausibly.

Example

1. But one implausible belief was succeeded by another .
2. I realise all this sounds implausible , and it is .
3. Equally implausible is the notion that an extraterrestrial race would want to colonize earth .
4. Professor janet todd , editor for the cambridge edition of jane austen , said that murder was implausible .
5. If you wonder why such an implausible notion has won wide acceptance , part of the explanation lies in its conservative implications .

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