impossibility
Plural: impossibilities
Noun
- incapability of existing or occurring
- an alternative that is not available
- Something that is impossible.
- The quality of being impossible.
- The state of being unable to do something.
Examples
- Meeting the deadline is an impossibility; there is no way we can be ready in time.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle French impossibilité, from Latin impossibilitās. By surface analysis, im- + possibility and impossible + -ity.
Synonyms
impossible action, impossibleness, castle in the air, helplessness, impossibility, inability, incapability, pie in the sky, pipe dream
Antonyms
possibility, certainty, inevitability, sure thing
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