impossibility
impossibility
Noun
pl: impossibilities
This term describes a state of absolute unavailability or an event that cannot occur under any circumstances. It carries a heavy, definitive tone, often used to signal a hard limit or a logical dead end in a discussion or scientific theory.
When used as a countable noun, it refers to a specific task or object that cannot exist or be completed. When used as an uncountable noun, it refers to the abstract quality of being unattainable.
Meanings
Nounimpossibility
The state or quality of being impossible to achieve, occur, or be done.
The sheer impossibility of the task discouraged the team from starting.
Nounimpossibility
A thing or situation that is impossible to achieve or accomplish.
The idea of a perpetual motion machine is a scientific impossibility.