implausible
pronunciation
How to pronounce implausible in British English:
UK [ɪmˈplɔ:zəbl]
How to pronounce implausible in American English:
US [ɪmˈplɔzəbəl]
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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 .