Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unpossible

/ʌnˈpɒsɪbəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.38 in modern English

Syllables: un-pos-si-ble
IPA: /ʌnˈpɒsɪbəl/

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Archaic; Humorous

Example Sentences

"And this is the .vj. moneth to her / which was called barren / foꝛ with god ſhall nothinge be vnpoſſible."
"But the young man Hippomedon making her priuie vnto it, at the firſt ſhe was amaſed withall, and bad him hold his peace if he were wiſe, and not medle in matters vnpoſſible and vnprofitable."
"T’is a hard matter therfore to confine them, being they are ſo various and many, and vnpoſſible to apprehend all."
"In the evening we fired a few rackets, which flying in the ayre ſo terrified the poore Salvages, they ſuppoſed nothing vnpoſſible we attempted; […]"
"[S]o prodigiouſly various are the works of the Creator, and ſo All-ſufficient is he to perform what to man would ſeem unpoſſible, […]"
"Ralph Wiggum: Me fail English? That's unpossible!"

Etymology

From Middle English unpossible, equivalent to un- (“not”) + possible.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un
Root: unpossible

Usage

Inflected Forms

more unpossible (comparative) most unpossible (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce unpossible?: The recorded pronunciation is /ʌnˈpɒsɪbəl/.
What does unpossible mean?: Impossible.
Where does unpossible come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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