Adjective

(en adjective)

Not possible; not able to be done or happen.

* 1865 , (Lewis Carroll), (w, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)

Nothing is impossible , only impassible.

* 13 March 1962 ,

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-28, author=(Joris Luyendijk)

, volume=189, issue=3, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Our banks are out of control , passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […].  Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible , there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.}}

(colloquial, of a person) Very difficult to deal with.

(math, dated) imaginary

impossible quantities, or imaginary numbers

Adjective

(en adjective)

Not ordinary; exceptional; unusual;

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* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 23, author=Tom Fordyce, work=BBC Sport

, title= 2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France , passage=Tony Woodcock's early try and a penalty from fourth-choice fly-half Stephen Donald were enough to see the All Blacks home in an extraordinary match that defied all pre-match predictions.}}

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= The new masters and commanders , passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much.

Remarkably good.