"out of the question" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: En-au-out of the question.ogg Forms: more out of the question [comparative], most out of the question [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|head=out of the question}} out of the question (comparative more out of the question, superlative most out of the question)
  1. (idiomatic) Not remotely possible. Tags: idiomatic Translations (not remotely possible): 根本不可能的 (gēnběn bù kěnéng de) (Chinese Mandarin), 免談 (Chinese Mandarin), 免谈 (miǎntán) (Chinese Mandarin), nicht im Frage (Dutch), ei tule kysymykseen (Finnish), hors de question (French), pas question (French), exclu [masculine] (French), außer Frage (German), לא בא בחשבון (Hebrew), ki van zárva (Hungarian), kizárt dolog (Hungarian), szó sem lehet róla (Hungarian), út úr kortinu (Icelandic), 問題外 (mondaigai) (alt: もんだいがい) (Japanese), 問題にならない (mondai ni naranai) (Japanese), не доаѓа во предвид (ne doaǵa vo predvid) (Macedonian), kommer ikke på tale (Norwegian Bokmål), ikke tale om (Norwegian Bokmål), nie ma mowy (Polish), не мо́жет быть и ре́чи (ne móžet bytʹ i réči) (Russian), fuera de discusión (Spanish), inte komma på fråga (Swedish), سوال ہی نہیں پیدا ہوتا (savāl hī nahī̃ paidā hōtā) (Urdu)

Alternative forms

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          "lang": "Hebrew",
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          "roman": "savāl hī nahī̃ paidā hōtā",
          "sense": "not remotely possible",
          "word": "سوال ہی نہیں پیدا ہوتا"
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      "roman": "gēnběn bù kěnéng de",
      "sense": "not remotely possible",
      "word": "根本不可能的"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "not remotely possible",
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    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "not remotely possible",
      "word": "לא בא בחשבון"
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      "sense": "not remotely possible",
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      "sense": "not remotely possible",
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      "sense": "not remotely possible",
      "word": "не доаѓа во предвид"
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      "sense": "not remotely possible",
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      "sense": "not remotely possible",
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      "sense": "not remotely possible",
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      "sense": "not remotely possible",
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      "sense": "not remotely possible",
      "word": "inte komma på fråga"
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    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "savāl hī nahī̃ paidā hōtā",
      "sense": "not remotely possible",
      "word": "سوال ہی نہیں پیدا ہوتا"
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