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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

信じがたい

Native Script:日本語

Pronunciation / Transliteration: shinjigatai

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Implausible/ɪmˈplɔː.zə.bəl/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #6800 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"彼の言い訳は信じがたいものだった。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Not plausible; failing to convince or seeming not reasonable or probable.

    "The suspect gave an implausible explanation for his whereabouts during the robbery."
  2. 2

    Difficult to believe as truth; far-fetched.

    "The science fiction movie relied on a series of implausible coincidences to resolve the plot."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'impllausibilis', combining the negative prefix 'in-' (not) and 'plaudere' (to applaud or strike). Entering English in the early 17th century, it originally meant not deserving applause, but evolved to describe an argument, statement, or story that fails to appear reasonable or believable.

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