Impossible - English meaning

adjective

Lacking sense or clear, sound reasoning.

Usage examples:

An illogical fear of the supernatural

adjective

(of a course of action) impossible in practice to do or carry out.

Usage examples:

It was impracticable to widen the road here

adjective

If a course of action, plan, etc. is impracticable, it is impossible to do in an effective way

Usage examples:

The changes to the tax system proved impracticable as they were impossible to enforce.

adjective

Not adapted for use or action; not sensible or realistic.

Usage examples:

Impractical high heels

adjective

Not effective or reasonable, or (of people) not able to provide effective or simple solutions

Usage examples:

An impractical plan, it’s impractical to buy things just because they’re on sale.

adjective

Not capable of being imagined or grasped mentally; unbelievable.

Usage examples:

They behaved with inconceivable cruelty

adjective

Not able to work as intended or not able to succeed

Usage examples:

It's an interesting proposal but it's simply economically non-viable., they fiercely contested the …

idiom

Totally unlikely

phrase

Too impracticable or unlikely to merit discussion.

Usage examples:

Games that involved any running were completely out of the question.

idiom

Not possible or not allowed

Usage examples:

The class ends at 2, and leaving before then is out of the question.

adjective

Seemingly absurd or self-contradictory.

Usage examples:

By glorifying the acts of violence they achieve the paradoxical effect of making them trivial

adjective

Seeming impossible or difficult to understand because of containing two opposite facts or characteristics

Usage examples:

It seems paradoxical to me, but if you drink a cup of hot tea it seems to cool you down., i was in …

adjective

Inconvenient or impractical.

Usage examples:

Childcare is expensive, making the return to work unfeasible for many women

adjective

Not feasible (= able to be done or achieved)

adjective

Difficult or impossible to imagine or comprehend.

Usage examples:

Lives of almost unimaginable deprivation

adjective

Difficult to imagine, esp. because of being very unlikely or very undesirable

Usage examples:

It was a time of drought and despair, of the dust bowl, of unimaginable suffering.

adjective

(of a situation or event) too unlikely or undesirable to be considered a possibility.

Usage examples:

It was unthinkable that john could be dead

adjective

Too shocking or unlikely to be imagined as possible

Usage examples:

A world without music would be unthinkable., the president’s car did the unthinkable – it stopped a…

adjective

Not able to function or be carried out successfully; impractical.

Usage examples:

An unworkable scheme

adjective

(of a plan or a system) not practical or able to operate effectively

Usage examples:

The budget was considered unworkable and had to be revised.