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Definition of Implausible

1. Adjective. Having a quality that provokes disbelief. "Gave the teacher an implausible excuse"

2. Adjective. Highly imaginative but unlikely. "An implausible explanation"

Definition of Implausible

1. a. Not plausible; not wearing the appearance of truth or credibility, and not likely to be believed.

Definition of Implausible

1. Adjective. Not plausible; unlikely; dubious. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Implausible

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Implausible

implantations implanted implanted suture implantee implanter implanters implanting implants implate implated

implates implating implausibilities implausibility implausible (current term) implausibleness implausibly impleach implead impleadable

impleaded impleader impleaders impleading impleads impleasing impled impledge impledged

Literary usage of Implausible

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cost Effective Regulation by EPA and Small Business Impacts: Includes (1993)
"This seemed implausible to several commenters. d. A Detailed Look at the Base ... This assumption was implausible to the point of being self-contradictory. ..."

2. The Importance Of Women's Status For Child Nutrition In Developing Countries by Lisa C. Smith (2003)
"‘4Any weight-for-age or height-for-age Z-score that is greater than +6 or less than —6 is considered to be implausible. The plausible range for ..."

3. Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses: Final Report edited by Joyce C Laslof, Marguerite Knox, John D Baldeschwieler (1997)
"Under the circumstances surrounding possible exposures to males in the KTO, an increase in a single type of birth defect is biologically implausible. ..."

4. Preventing Deadly Conflict edited by David A. Hamburg, Cyrus R. Vance (1998)
"Finally, while decision makers may take a cri- implausible for such sis very ... Similarly, it is implausible for such governments, especially in the larger ..."

5. Sea-Changes: American Foreign Policy in a World Transformed by Nicholas X. Rizopoulos (1990)
"But since that prospect is itself implausible, we may not unreasonably anticipate the time, which cannot be far removed, when the Soviet Union will for all ..."

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