implausible

English

Etymology

From im- +‎ plausible.

Adjective

implausible (comparative more implausible, superlative most implausible)

Not plausible; unlikely; dubious.
- 2008, February 17, Mark Liberman, "More on Harper", Language Log,
  Harper finds the idea that Latin developed into the modern Romance languages too implausible to believe.

Synonyms

(not plausible): unplausible

Translations

unlikely

Bulgarian: невероятен (bg) (neverojaten), неправдоподобен (bg) (nepravdopodoben)
Catalan: inversemblant (ca)
Hungarian: valószínűtlen (hu)

Russian: невероя́тный (ru) (neverojátnyj)
Swedish: osannolik (sv)

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