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Not seeming reasonable or believable.

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implausible

The detective rejected the implausible explanation for the missing statue.
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After three successful pop-up exhibitions, the organizers grew complacent and stopped checking whether their usual room was available. Their confidence rested on flimsy evidence: an unsigned message saying that the date looked fine. When another group produced a confirmed booking, one organizer offered an implausible explanation that both groups somehow had exclusive use of the same room at the same time.
From When Confidence Outruns the Evidence.
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