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English Dictionary: implausible by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
implausible
adj
  1. having a quality that provokes disbelief; "gave the teacher an implausible excuse"
    Antonym(s): plausible
  2. highly imaginative but unlikely; "a farfetched excuse"; "an implausible explanation"
    Synonym(s): farfetched, implausible
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Implausible \Im*plau"si*ble\, a. [Pref. im- not + plausible: cf.
      F. implausible.]
      Not plausible; not wearing the appearance of truth or
      credibility, and not likely to be believed. [bd]Implausible
      harangues.[b8] --Swift. -- {Im*plau"si*ble*ness}, n. --
      {Im*plau"si*bly}, adv.
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