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impossibility

noun

im·​pos·​si·​bil·​i·​ty (ˌ)im-ˌpä-sə-ˈbi-lə-tē How to pronounce impossibility (audio)
1
: the quality or state of being impossible
2
: something impossible

Example Sentences

The blizzard made travel an impossibility. the impossibility of knowing what the future will bring
Recent Examples on the Web That’s a virtual impossibility with the Democrats’ narrow congressional majorities unless an exception is made in the Senate’s filibuster rules, which the party lacks the votes to do right now. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 16 July 2022 The swastika flying over Herrlingen was like a beacon that showed Anna the impossibility of a future for herself or her students in Hitler’s Germany. Deborah Cadbury, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 July 2022 Texas coach Mike White said holding the Sooners’ offense in check was a virtual impossibility. Ryan Aber, USA TODAY, 10 June 2022 Nothing seems more hopeless than trying to get out of a black hole—in fact, this impossibility is what defines it. Ahmed Almheiri, Scientific American, 17 Aug. 2022 Many people leave their jobs because of their leaders, a lack of flexibility or the impossibility of reconciling their work and personal lives. Expert Panel®, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022 There is violence of one kind or another in almost every story in this collection, but in passing so much of it through the prism of impossibility, Kochai condemns both those who perpetrated that violence and those who looked the other way. Omar El Akkad, The Atlantic, 9 Aug. 2022 In place of that logistical impossibility, the Event Horizon Telescope collects data via eight radio observatories in Greenland, Antarctica and six locations in between, synchronized to atomic clocks. Corinne Purtillstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2022 And that doesn't seem like too much of an impossibility. Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 22 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of impossibility was in the 14th century

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