impossibleness
- noun
- /ɪmˈpɑsəblnəs/
- The impossibleness of fitting the sofa through the narrow doorway was evident to everyone.
Examples
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The utter impossibleness of the task deterred even the bravest volunteers.
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The impossibleness of the task discouraged many people.
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He spoke at length on the impossibleness of such a theory ever being proven.
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She smiled at the impossibleness of fitting the sofa through the narrow doorway.
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Can you believe the impossibleness of that situation?
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The utter impossibleness of the task deterred even the bravest volunteers.
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He spoke at length on the impossibleness of such a theory ever being proven.
Synonyms
A situation in which something cannot happen
Something that cannot be done or achieved
A situation where something cannot be done or is not practical
A state of not being able to reach or get something
The state of being impossible to reach or get
The fact that something cannot be done
A situation that is impossible or too difficult to make work
Antonyms
How Possible
- Literature
Surface Forms
Morphology
impossibleness = impossible (transparent) = im + possible + ness
Formed by adding the productive nominal suffix '-ness' to the clearly negative adjective 'impossible', yielding 'state or quality of being impossible'.
Etymology
Impossibleness is built from the parts im- ('not') and possible ('able to happen'), the same pieces you see in possible and impossible. So, impossibleness names the quality of being 'not able' to exist or happen.