impossibleness

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪmˈpɑsəbəlnəs/ UK /ɪmˈpɒsəbəlnəs/ See IPA manual

noun

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1

noun
the quality or state of being impossible

She finally accepted the sheer impossibleness of finishing the work overnight.

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1 noun · the quality or state of... impossibilityunfeasibilityimpracticability hopelessness

Opposites

possibility feasibility practicability

Word family

Related forms impossible impossibility possible

Etymology

From impossible (from Latin impossibilis, from in- 'not' + possibilis 'possible', from posse 'to be able') + the noun suffix -ness.

impossibilis Latin posse Latin

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# impossibleness

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ɪmˈpɑsəbəlnəs
**IPA (UK):** ɪmˈpɒsəbəlnəs

## Meanings
1. the quality or state of being impossible

## Examples
- She finally accepted the sheer impossibleness of finishing the work overnight.

## Synonyms
- impossibility
- unfeasibility
- impracticability
- hopelessness

## Antonyms
- possibility
- feasibility
- practicability

## Related Forms
- impossible
- impossibility
- possible

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: impossibilis
- Root: posse

## Etymology
From impossible (from Latin impossibilis, from in- 'not' + possibilis 'possible', from posse 'to be able') + the noun suffix -ness.

## AI Etymology
impossibleness comes from impossible (from Latin impossibilis, from in- 'not' + possibilis 'possible', from posse 'to be able') + the noun suffix -ness. Morphologically, the ending is part of the etymology: the suffix is attached to the older base named in the history, producing a later English derivative. In present English, the noun sense is "the quality or state of being impossible", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also appears in related forms such as impossible, impossibility, and possible. Its semantic neighborhood includes impossibility, unfeasibility, impracticability, and hopelessness, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Latin impossibilis and Latin posse.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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