Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Difficult to believe; not plausible.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Not plausible; not having the appearance of truth or credibility; of dubious aspect.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Not plausible; not wearing the appearance of truth or credibility, and not likely to be believed.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. having a quality that provokes disbelief
- adj. highly imaginative but unlikely
Examples
“But Bridge undercuts his credibility by describing early childhood and later events in implausible and gratuitous detail, including pages of line-by-line dialogue.”
“It was implausible from the start and sounds downright ludicrous now.”
Waldo Jaquith - McCain camp can’t cite any Palin foreign policy experience.
“I don’t find that utterly implausible – and among the reasons that I don’t find it implausible is that at various times in American history, universities have had quota systems for Jews, and there is reason to suspect that University of California may be doing something like a quota system for Asians.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » But Isn’t It a Bit Hard to Predict With a 7-Year-Old?
“Let me add one more item: Senator Obama’s indulgence in implausible reconciliations of past and present statements evidences an internal conviction that he is so charismatic, clever and convincing that ordinary mortals can be counted on to fall in readily with this week’s version of reality.”
“When one judge believes the plausibility of a claim of discrimination and another judge feels the claim is implausible, that is a very ill-defined and essentially discretionary decision that sensible people can disagree about.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Legal Ambiguity, Empathy, and the Role of Judicial Power:
“It is being described as implausible given the number of people.”
“He also said he promoted the vehicles to the Chinese government, a statement that has been described as implausible by Fred Bild, Canada's ambassador to China at the time of the alleged lobbying.”
“Ex Bank of America CEO calls suit "implausible" - Lawyers for former Bank of America CEO Ken”
“That seems kind of implausible, given that the readers can see the characters on the covers.”
“Mr. Klee said he found no proof that the information was "purposely withheld" from the Tribune board members, but he said he found it "implausible" that the lack of information was "unintentional.”
The Wall Street Journal: Examiner Slams Firm That Valued Tribune Buyout
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
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GRE Barron's 800
abate, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abject, abjure, abscission, abscond, abstemious, abstinence, abysmal, accretion and 787 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6691 more...
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words unknown
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laissez faire, propensity, punitive, explicit, whim, extenuating, distort, gross, grossly, hearsay, dispel, apprehensive and 113 more...
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farfetched
farfetched, improbable, long shot, implausible, don't hold your b..., beggar belief, unbelievable, unlikely, inconceivable, pipe dream
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newGRE
mostly from magoosh
imbue, verge on, nonchalant, deliberate, timorous, futile, provisional, dissect, checked, tinged, alluring, visionary and 1046 more...
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SAT PSAT ALPHABETICAL I
iconoclast, idiosyncrasy, ignoble, ignominious, illicit, illusory, illustrious, imbibe, imbue, immaculate, immaterial, immolate and 155 more...
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List Erine
cool mint antiseptic
shalom, cattywampus, bourgeoisie, aerophile, traverse, grotto, epicurean, ex cathedra, nautilus, epitaph, lathe, continuum and 753 more...
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Eazy E
motley, callous, languid, copious, dubious, contemptible, disparage, sporadic, gratuitous, disillusioned, conflagration, concordance and 99 more...
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Vocab from High School
Words that I found in an old notebook.
affinity, aggrandizement, altruistic, ameliorate, apochryphal, aversion, blithe, bombastic, cajole, callous, capitulate, capricious and 178 more...
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From Book - SAT & College Dictionary ...
ebb, exotic, immure, abeyance, panegyric, debonair, protege, dissipate, frantic, penitent, abject, edify and 871 more...
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Sat Vocabulary List
abandon, abash, abate, abjure, ablution, abnegate, abominable, aboriginal, abortive, abrade, abridge, abrogate and 2155 more...
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abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abide, abject, abjure and 4874 more...
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_mark's list
Words I like!
( personal list, favorite words, randomness )psy, nanobot, success, smack, vibration, microcosmic, springgraph, marksmanship, estranged, homoerotic, flex, fiasco and 1696 more...
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Oxen's list
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antic, irate, indignant, incredulous, frolic, shenanigan, ruse, ludicrous, jig, wily, shifty, disingenuous and 5 more...
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