Meaning | Having a quality that provokes disbelief. |
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Example | "gave the teacher an implausible excuse" |
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Narrower | cockamamie, cockamamy | Informal term for ridiculous and implausible |
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farfetched, far-fetched | (of an idea or story) so exaggerated or ludicrous as to be improbable |
improbable, unbelievable, unconvincing, unlikely | Having a probability too low to inspire belief |
See also | incredible, unbelievable | Beyond belief or understanding |
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Opposite | plausible | apparently reasonable and valid, and truthful |
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Spanish | inverosímil |
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Nouns | implausibility, implausibleness | the quality of provoking disbelief |
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Adverbs | implausibly | not easy to believe |
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