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implausible

adjective

  1. unlikely, unbelievable
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adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English im- English plausible English implausible From im- + plausible.

  1. Not plausible; unlikely; dubious.

    Harper finds the idea that Latin developed into the modern Romance languages too implausible to believe.