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impossibility

unfeasibility / unattainable thing
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

Noun

The state or quality of being impossible to achieve, occur, or be done.

"The sheer impossibility of the task discouraged the team from starting."

Noun

Something that is impossible to happen or achieve.

"The idea of a perpetual motion machine is a scientific impossibility."

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