impossibility

/ɪmˌpɑsəˈbɪləti/
noun
  1. The state or fact of being not able to happen or exist.
    • The team faced the impossibility of meeting the deadline with so few workers.
    • He realized the impossibility of finishing the marathon with a broken ankle.
    • The impossibility of traveling faster than light is a well-known principle in physics.
  2. Something that cannot be done or achieved.
    • Finding a parking spot in this crowded area at noon is almost an impossibility.
    • Climbing that cliff without ropes is an impossibility for most people.
    • She treated the task as an impossibility and didn't even try.
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