as in incredible
too extraordinary or improbable to believe
the terrorist attacks generated a whole passel of implausible conspiracy theories that dishonor the memory of those who perished
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Recent Examples of implausible
The way Cole saw it, getting five out of five records was implausible to begin with.
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Patricia Hernandez, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2025
Bring on more implausible shenanigans from Allison Williams’s roboticist and Violet McGraw as her grieving niece, as well as more wild fight scenes, gruesome deaths, and bizarre twists.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 1 Jan. 2025
Romano has one very funny, very implausible, very much forgotten subplot with Rogers.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2024
However implausible his character’s maturation may be, Howell conveys that growth well and retains dignity through the running joke in which Whitaker is regularly showered in bodily fluids.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Jan. 2025
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Patricia Hernandez, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2025
Bring on more implausible shenanigans from Allison Williams’s roboticist and Violet McGraw as her grieving niece, as well as more wild fight scenes, gruesome deaths, and bizarre twists.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 1 Jan. 2025
Romano has one very funny, very implausible, very much forgotten subplot with Rogers.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2024
However implausible his character’s maturation may be, Howell conveys that growth well and retains dignity through the running joke in which Whitaker is regularly showered in bodily fluids.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for implausible
Adjective
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And this cast was so incredible, such great troopers, such a beautiful ensemble to work with.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
11 Feb. 2025
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Its pint-size bottles of serum are seriously incredible too.—
Devon Abelman,
Allure,
11 Feb. 2025
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Lawmakers were incredulous at times, struggling to decide to where to press them for details.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
15 Feb. 2025
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To their credit, most of the aldermen who attended the hearing were incredulous.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2025
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Fans responded with mixed emotions Sunday night at the Super Bowl when an anti-hate campaign got an unlikely spokesperson.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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Khamenei's firm stance suggests that talks under Trump's terms are unlikely, while Tehran and Washington continue their standoff.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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But breaking the grip that your phone has on you isn’t impossible.—
Aditi Shrikant,
CNBC,
14 Feb. 2025
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Many of the houses that were most at risk at the edge of the wildland burn zone — especially in the hills and canyons above the Pacific Palisades Fire — had been built in places that were difficult or impossible to access with fire engines and crews.—
Jeff Goodell,
Rolling Stone,
13 Feb. 2025
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The visiting Catalans regularly strolled through the first line of pressure that night — with Vinicius Jr and Mbappe unconvincing in defending from the front in a 4-4-2 formation before Barca overloaded the midfield with their technical, creative players.—
Thom Harris,
The Athletic,
8 Feb. 2025
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Action and atmosphere are too poorly supplied for this stab at a noirish retro thriller to emerge as anything but talky, awkward and unconvincing.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
10 Jan. 2025
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That such a debate exists seemed inconceivable at this time last year when Adam Peters became Washington’s general manager.—
Ben Standig,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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As Steele tried to pinpoint her scoring average, the figure seemed inconceivable to her.—
Dave Melton,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Also, an unbelievable running back, and the absolute best tight end in football (Ever!).—
Jackson Thompson,
Fox News,
8 Feb. 2025
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There’s unbelievable warmth to Butensky’s photographs from this era.—
Amanda Petrusich,
The New Yorker,
8 Feb. 2025
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This gorgeous film’s premise is a simple, humanist, and not particularly dramatic one, of the type that the Italian neorealists treasured, but it’s been given an absurd, comic-romantic spin.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
7 Feb. 2025
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These absurd names and acronyms speak to both the cult-y side of the Eagans and to the ways that corporations keep trying to reinvent things, words included, that worked just fine as is.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
7 Feb. 2025
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