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impossible

im·pos·si·ble [ im póssəb'l ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. not possible: not able to exist or be done
an impossible task

2. too difficult: very difficult to deal with and apparently without a solution
The situation was impossible: I couldn't be honest without offending one of them.

3. not endurable: unbearably difficult or not possible to endure
The humidity was impossible.

4. not believable: ridiculous or unreasonable, because not able to be true

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