implausibleness
- noun
- /ɪmˈplɔːzəblnəs/
- The sheer implausibleness of his story led everyone to doubt his innocence.
Examples
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Critics pointed to the implausibleness of the film's plot as its main weakness.
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The implausibleness of his story made everyone skeptical.
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Her explanation had a tone of implausibleness that made listeners skeptical.
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Her argument was filled with implausibleness and contradictions.
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Critics pointed to the implausibleness of the film's plot as its main weakness.
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The sheer implausibleness of his story led everyone to doubt his innocence.
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Her explanation had a tone of implausibleness that made listeners skeptical.
Synonyms
Something very silly that goes against common sense
A situation in which something cannot happen
Being very silly or clearly unreasonable
How unlikely something is to happen or be true
A situation when a story or excuse does not seem true
A feeling of not believing something because it seems unlikely
The state of being impossible to imagine or believe
A state of being very silly and clearly against common sense
The quality of being impossible to accept as true
A situation that is very strange and does not make sense
The state of being unlikely to happen or be true
Being impossible to imagine or understand
Antonyms
How Believable
- Literature
Surface Forms
Morphology
implausibleness = implausible (transparent) = im + plausible + ness
Forming a noun from the adjective 'implausible' with the regular '-ness' is a productive and predictable derivation.
Etymology
Implausibleness comes from plausible, which is related to applause ('to clap') because 'plausible' once meant 'worthy of applause' or 'believable'. The prefix im- means 'not', so implausibleness is the quality of being 'not' believable, or hard to accept.