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Meanings of impossible in English
Portuguese
impossível Spanish
imposible Not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with.
Used of persons or their behavior.
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First publication of Ray Bradbury's short story (The Martian) in Super Science Stories, November 1949.
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Examples for "inconceivable"
Examples for "inconceivable"
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Over twelve years, this war, this brutally inconceivable violence has raged on.
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That kind of internal crisis would have been inconceivable in the North.
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The consents were granted without public notification, which Greenpeace said was inconceivable.
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A hundred or a million years of happiness is inconceivable to us.
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Getting back out from this position with an injured partner was inconceivable.
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We have seen unimaginable violence carried out in the name of religion.
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Thus, it is unimaginable what the true extent of this crisis is.
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So far, 2020 has made the future seem scary, if not unimaginable.
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All the world about him erupted in unimaginable brilliance; then darkness fell.
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Surprisingly, so far no one has described or depicted that unimaginable scene.
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Ms Thomson said abandoning the new flavours wasn't out of the question.
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MILF leaders have said re-negotiating the deal was out of the question.
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New clothes or toys for the children were out of the question.
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And heavy petting on a second date isn't out of the question.
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New York was out of the question, temporarily, because of the terrorists.
Usage of impossible in English
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THE question is almost impossible to answer: why is Winx so good?
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As a result it was impossible to form an effective parliamentary government.
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Madam, - The present Government gained power by reckless and impossible promises.
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In Syria great truths overturn history; they are products of the impossible.
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Of course, crossing the Cerulean Sea in a morning was impossible too.
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It can answer questions that are impossible to answer any other way.
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Given U.S. house prices are falling savagely, this is far from impossible.
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The problem: This was impossible according to the thinking back in 1895.
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One problem still remained: the deeply embedded marks were impossible to remove.
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Reality is impossible for us to control because we work within Arras.
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That said; it's not a day to try and achieve the impossible.
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It's impossible to have an internal European market that way, Clausen said.
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That proved impossible given the sheer scale of the private residential market.
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It is impossible to know for sure quite where this might lead.
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Even if the father involved submitted completely, the situation would be impossible.
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The family was strong because economic survival outside the family was impossible.
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