Hypertext Webster Gateway: "implausible"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Implausible \Im*plau"si*ble\, a. [Pref. im- not + plausible: cf.
F. implausible.]
Not plausible; not wearing the appearance of truth or
credibility, and not likely to be believed. ``Implausible
harangues.'' --Swift. -- {Im*plau"si*ble*ness}, n. --
{Im*plau"si*bly}, adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
implausible
adj 1: having a quality that provokes disbelief; "gave the teacher
an implausible excuse" [ant: {plausible}]
2: highly imaginative but unlikely; "a farfetched excuse"; "an
implausible explanation" [syn: {farfetched}]
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