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Webster 1828 Edition


Implausible

IMPLAUS'IBLE

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Adj.
s as z. [in and plausible.]
Not specious; not wearing the appearance of truth or credibility, and not likely to be believed; as an implausible harangue.

Definition 2024


implausible

implausible

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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.

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