— impossibleness , n. — impossibly , adv.
/im pos"euh beuhl/ , adj.
1. not possible; unable to be, exist, happen, etc.
2. unable to be done, performed, effected, etc.: an impossible assignment.
3. incapable of being true, as a rumor.
4. not to be done, endured, etc., with any degree of reason or propriety: an impossible situation.
5. utterly impracticable: an impossible plan.
6. hopelessly unsuitable, difficult, or objectionable.
[ 1250-1300; ME impossibilis. See IM- 2 , POSSIBLE ]
Syn. 6. unbearable, intolerable, unmanageable.