implausible

implausible

English

Etymology

From im- +‎ plausible.

Adjective

implausible (comparative more implausible, superlative most implausible)

1. Not plausible; unlikely; dubious.
   • 2008, February 17, Mark Liberman, "More on Harper", Language Log,

     Harper finds the idea that Latin developed into the modern Romance languages too implausible to believe.

Synonyms

• (not plausible): unplausible

Translations

unlikely

Bulgarian: невероятен (bg) (neverojaten), неправдоподобен (bg) (nepravdopodoben) Catalan: inversemblant (ca) Hungarian: valószínűtlen (hu)

Russian: невероя́тный (ru) (neverojátnyj) Swedish: osannolik (sv)