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not seeming believable- She gave the teacher an implausible excuse for not having completed her homework.
implausible = not seeming believable
- an implausible explanation
- One cannot conceive anything so strange and so implausible that it has not already been said by one philosopher or another.Rene Descartes
- I watched Drew talk with the Bedouins, heard the strange, smooth sounds falling from his lips, and was struck by the implausibility of my presence there.Tara Westover -- Educated
- I stared at the Rockies from my bedroom window and was struck by how implausible they seemed.Tara Westover -- Educated
- In the end they'd designed something implausible, a town house of poured concrete with a glass facade.Jhumpa Lahiri -- The Namesake
- "And that I've given you every reason to find my plea implausible.James Patterson -- 1st to Die
- First, she thought it sounded too implausible.Stieg Larsson -- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
- "I don't think you understand how implausible this sounds," Kracker said, eyeing him with an arched brow.Ted Dekker -- BoneMan's Daughters
- The chaplain listened to the implausible explanation distrustfully.Joseph Heller -- Catch-22
- They are everywhere at the same time, endlessly connected, and you half believe the most implausible things because you'd be stupid not to.Don DeLillo -- Underworld
- I must admit that on the surface it sounds implausible.William Styron -- Sophie's Choice
- Implausible, he realized.Tim O'Brien -- Going After Cacciato
- The story, though seemingly implausible, sparked in him a distant memory .... a faint recollection from a much darker time.Dan Brown -- The Lost Symbol
- His story at trial was so implausible that it was easy to believe that he had been pressured to testify falsely.Bryan Stevenson -- Just Mercy
- A competition held by the Tribune brought a wave of implausible proposals.Erik Larson -- The Devil in the White City
- Vanger no doubt had enough clout to keep the Hedestad police following up both plausible and implausible leads.Stieg Larsson -- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- Already it seems implausible, and yet I know I did it.Margaret Atwood -- Cat's Eye
- Again, Langdon forced himself to consider the implausible.Dan Brown -- Angels & Demons
- "For the love of God, give me your clothes!" said the marquis, the implausibility of his predicament penetrating the haze of alcohol.Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Identity
implausibility = the quality of seeming unbelievable
implausible = unbelievable
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