Synonyms

out of the question

Idioms

Impossible, not worth considering, as in Starting over again is certainly out of the question. This term uses question to refer to what is being talked or asked about. [c. 1700]

Example Sentences

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“With the U.S. dollar likely to continue to weaken, it isn’t out of the question for a 20% type of return for U.S. investors in Europe.”

From Barron's

The liquid-cooling infrastructure currently used on earth for that purpose is “heavy and freezes” and therefore “obviously out of the question.”

From MarketWatch

In Brontë’s book, Isabella marries Heathcliff naively believing he might shape up into a gentleman and flees with their son when she realizes that is out of the question.

From Los Angeles Times

Or maybe a splurge is out of the question.

From Salon

Waiting here and hoping the thing would free itself was out of the question.

From Literature

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