"implausible" meaning in English

See implausible in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more implausible [comparative], most implausible [superlative]
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  1. Not plausible; unlikely; dubious. Synonyms: unplausible Derived forms: implausibility, implausibleness, implausibly Translations (unlikely): невероятен (neverojaten) (Bulgarian), неправдоподобен (nepravdopodoben) (Bulgarian), inversemblant (Catalan), neplausibilní (Czech), არასარწმუნო (arasarc̣muno) (Georgian), არადამაჯერებელი (aradamaǯerebeli) (Georgian), დაუჯერებელი (dauǯerebeli) (Georgian), დამაჯერებლობას მოკლებული (damaǯereblobas moḳlebuli) (Georgian), unplausibel (German), valószínűtlen (Hungarian), невероя́тный (neverojátnyj) (Russian), no / poco / nada plausible (Spanish), inverosímil (Spanish), osannolik (Swedish)
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