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impossibility

/ɪmˌpɒsɪˈbɪliti/
noun
  1. Something that is impossible.

    "Meeting the deadline is an impossibility; there is no way we can be ready in time."

  2. The quality of being impossible.

  3. The state of being unable to do something.

    Similar: helplessness, inability, incapability

Synonymshelplessness, inability, incapability
Antonymscertainty, inevitability, possibility

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