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implausible

Meaning

Unlikely to be true or to happen.

Examples by difficulty

Basic: Simple, everyday vocabulary — the easiest to read.

When Jamie told his friends that he had seen a lion running through the city, they looked at him with wide eyes. The idea seemed implausible to them. It was hard to believe that such a thing could really happen in their quiet town.

He told us he fought off three wolves with a single spoon. We all just stared. The story was so completely implausible, it was funny. No one could believe a word he said.

Sarah stared at her brother's wild story about fighting off a bear with a spoon. His elaborate hand gestures and excited tone couldn't make the implausible tale seem true, no matter how much he tried to convince her. She just rolled her eyes, knowing he was making everything up.

When Timmy told his teacher that a giraffe ate his homework on the school bus, her face twisted in shock. The story was so implausible, even Timmy’s pet goldfish looked doubtful. After all, giraffes do not usually ride buses or crave math problems for breakfast.

My neighbor claims his cat can juggle, and not just with mice, but with bowling pins. It’s a truly implausible story. When I asked him how his feline managed this feat, he winked and said, "It's all in the paws and a touch of tuna magic."

Normal: Standard, everyday language.

The idea of a talking cat seemed utterly implausible to Sarah. She couldn't fathom how such a thing could be possible in the real world.

"The tale of the giant octopus that swallowed a cruise ship was so implausible that even the most avid believers in the supernatural scoffed. The idea of a creature of such colossal size, capable of consuming an entire vessel, was simply too far-fetched to be taken seriously."

The house stood in eerie silence, its dark windows reflecting the moonlight in an implausible manner. Sarah shivered as she approached, feeling a sense of unease creeping over her. As she stepped inside, the musty smell of decay filled her nostrils, and she could hear faint whispers echoing through the empty halls. Suddenly, a shadowy figure appeared before her, its twisted features contorted in a grotesque grin. Sarah's heart pounded in her chest as she realized the implausible truth - the house was haunted, and she was not alone.

The faintest of creaks echoed through the abandoned house. A single board, rotted from decades of neglect, had finally given way beneath her feet. She fell through, into a yawning darkness. Her scream was swallowed by the unforgiving silence. As she lay there, broken and alone, she couldn't fathom how she'd ended up in this implausible nightmare.

In the land of Elmsworth, where magic flowed like a river, tales of the implausible were often whispered among the villagers. One such tale spoke of a wizard who could turn stones into gold with a mere wave of his hand. Many scoffed at the idea, deeming it impossible. However, one brave young girl, named Lila, was determined to uncover the truth behind the implausible legend. Armed with her courage and curiosity, she set out on a quest to find the elusive wizard. Little did she know, the answers she sought would lead her on a journey beyond her wildest dreams.

Advanced: Richer vocabulary that stretches an upper-level reader.

When David announced that he had finished the marathon in under two hours with no training, his friends stared at him in silence. The claim seemed so implausible that laughter broke out. No one could believe something so unlikely was true, and his explanation only raised more doubts.

He claimed he’d single-handedly rescued the cat from the burning building, then produced a pristine, unscorched stuffed toy. The story was utterly implausible, a transparent attempt at heroism that only provoked disbelief. We just stared, the sheer absurdity of it all leaving us speechless.

John stared at the detective's report, his brow furrowed. The theory about the bank robbery seemed implausible: a team of acrobats breaking in through an air duct, carrying bags of cash without making a sound. No evidence supported such an elaborate scenario, and John knew the truth was likely far simpler.

When Timmy insisted his goldfish had learned to juggle jellybeans and recite Shakespeare, his mother found the story implausible, for even the cleverest household pets seldom dabble in theater or confectionery arts—unless, of course, the cat starts claiming it invented the internet next week.

The alchemist's claim that he'd discovered a recipe for self-folding laundry was utterly implausible. He insisted a pinch of pixie dust and a whisper of a lullaby would suffice, a notion so ridiculous it provoked much bewildered laughter amongst his peers, who preferred to iron their socks manually.

Challenging: Rare, high-register vocabulary for serious word lovers.

The detective found the alibi implausible, realizing that nobody could possibly travel across the city in five minutes at rush hour. His suspicion grew as the suspect continued insisting on this story, which only provoked disbelief and made the explanations sound increasingly fabricated.

The prospect of an unblemished harvest after such a brutal frost seemed utterly implausible. Every farmer surveyed the skeletal fields with a palpable sense of despondency, the sheer unlikelihood of recovery bordering on ludicrous.

Tom listened to his friend's convoluted explanation of how he'd survived a shark attack with only a paperclip and a shoelace. The story sounded so implausible that Tom couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, silently challenging the veracity of every improbable detail.

Terence claimed that a band of renegade squirrels orchestrated the disappearance of his prized soufflé, but such an implausible tale, replete with chattering conspirators and whiskered getaway drivers, merely provoked the kind of disbelief reserved for late-night infomercial testimonials and pigeons playing chess.

The duke's insistence that his pet badger, Bartholomew, was the true author of the latest opera, a veritable *tour de force* of operatic *virtuosities*, was utterly implausible. Most patrons openly scoffed, finding the notion that a mustelid could master *fugue* and *aria* considerably less believable than a spontaneous eruption of *flamingos* from the chandeliers.

Difficulty

Advanced — Less frequent words that stretch an upper-level vocabulary.

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