SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
implausible
adjective
Not seeming reasonable or believable.
Local English device voice, when available. This is not a recorded dictionary pronunciation.
Hard to believe
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Usage distinction
Return to topImplausible describes credibility; improbable estimates likelihood. An unlikely event can still have a convincing explanation.
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See implausible in use
The detective rejected the implausible explanation for the missing statue.
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.
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