impossibility

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) Something that is impossible.
  2. (uncountable) The quality of being impossible.
  3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The state of being unable to do something.

Frequency

27k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪmˌpɒsɪˈbɪliti/
Etymology

From Middle French impossibilité, from Latin impossibilitās. By surface analysis, im- + possibility and impossible + -ity.

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