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impossibility

[ im-pos-uh-bil-i-tee, im-pos- ]

noun

plural impossibilities
  1. condition or quality of being impossible.
  2. something impossible.


impossibility

/ ɪmˌpɒsəˈbɪlɪtɪ; ˌɪmpɒs- /

noun

  1. the state or quality of being impossible
  2. something that is impossible
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of impossibility1

1350–1400; Middle English impossibilite < Late Latin Dz. See im- 2, possibility
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Other branch chairs resigned over policy differences, particularly the issue of "mass deportations", which Farage has called a "political impossibility".

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Golfers complained about the extreme difficulty, bordering on impossibility, of playing on pristine and affordable municipal courses like those in Griffith Park and Rancho Park.

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Even as we confront impossible times, we remain planted in that greater impossibility — human existence.

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“It seems like an impossibility but evidently they found a niche.”

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When it comes to Ronaldo, his compatriots have learned that, as he usually says, "there are no impossibilities".

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