🚫 Not possible 😲 Express disbelief

unpossible

9.9

A word people say when they cannot believe something

interjection
/ʌnˈpɑsəbl/

Informal

: imposible

She finished the puzzle in five minutes, and her friend exclaimed, 'unpossible!' in disbelief.

Examples

After hearing the unbelievable news, he just laughed and said, 'unpossible.'
When he saw the magician pull a rabbit from a hat, he shouted, 'unpossible!'
That's unpossible!
No way, that's unpossible!
When he saw the magician pull a rabbit from a hat, he shouted, 'unpossible!'
She finished the puzzle in five minutes, and her friend exclaimed, 'unpossible!' in disbelief.
After hearing the unbelievable news, he just laughed and said, 'unpossible.'

Synonyms

cannot

vsunpossible

Archaic

1 9.9

An exclamation showing strong refusal or disbelief

is a humorous informal exclamation saying something is impossible

meshuggah

vsunpossible

Slang

9.9

A word people say to show that something is crazy

is a playful exclamation that claims something is impossible

gobbledegook

vsunpossible

Informal

9.9

A short shout that shows something is nonsense or impossible to understand

is a joking denial that something cannot possibly happen

Antonyms

possible

∞ 1.0

Able to happen or be achieved

How Disbelieving

unpossible

Informal

9.9

oh really

13 7.4

believe it or not

Informal

20 4.4

Surface Forms

unpossible main

Morphology

unpossible = possible (transparent) = un + possible

As an informal/humorous exclamation, the negative sense from 'un-' + 'possible' is clear to speakers.

Etymology

Unpossible is often used as a joking shout, made from un- ('not') and possible ('able to be done'), so it works like saying 'no way' and shows strong disbelief.