impossible

/im'pɔsəbl/
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impossible

It is impossible to lift a car with your bare hands.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Not able to occur, exist, or be done: Describes something that cannot be achieved, realized, or happen under any circumstances.
    • Extremely difficult to deal with: Used to describe a person or situation that is very unreasonable, unpleasant, or hard to manage.

  2. Noun:

    • Something that cannot be done: Refers to a task, goal, or concept that is inherently unachievable.
Usage Examples

  • Adjective:

    • Climbing that mountain without gear is impossible. (Describes an unachievable action.)
    • The instructions were contradictory, making the task impossible. (Describes an unrealizable task.)
    • He was being impossible during the meeting, refusing to listen to anyone. (Describes unreasonable behavior.)

  • Noun:

    • They are asking us to achieve the impossible. (Refers to an unachievable goal.)
    • Proving a negative is often considered the impossible. (Refers to an inherently undoable concept.)
Advanced Usage
  • "next to impossible" / "virtually impossible": Extremely difficult, though perhaps not absolutely incapable of being done.
    • Finding a parking spot downtown at noon is next to impossible.
  • "Mission: Impossible": A popular cultural reference (from film and television) meaning a task presented as extremely difficult or seemingly unachievable.
    • Getting everyone to agree on the design felt like a mission: impossible.
Variants and Related Words
  • Impossibly (adverb): In a way that seems impossible; to an extreme degree.
    • The task was impossibly difficult.
    • She was impossibly late.
  • Impossibility (noun): The state or fact of being impossible; something that is impossible.
    • They discussed the impossibility of time travel.
Synonyms
  • Adjective (unachievable): Unattainable, unfeasible, impracticable, inconceivable.
  • Adjective (unreasonable): Insufferable, intolerable, unbearable, difficult.
  • Noun: Pipe dream, hopeless cause.
Antonyms
  • Adjective: Possible, achievable, feasible, practicable, likely.
  • Noun: Certainty, sure thing.
Related Idioms and Phrases
  • "To attempt the impossible": To try to do something that cannot be done.
    • Trying to please everyone is to attempt the impossible.
  • "Nothing is impossible": A proverb expressing optimism that any goal can be achieved with enough effort.
    • With enough determination, nothing is impossible.
impossible

It is impossible to lift a car with your bare hands.

Adjective
  1. used of persons or their behavior
    • impossible behavior
    • insufferable insolence
  2. totally unlikely
  3. not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with
    • an impossible dream
    • an impossible situation
Noun
  1. something that cannot be done
    • his assignment verged on the impossible

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