impossibleness
State of unachievability
The state or quality of being impossible.
This is a rare and awkward formation; impossibility is the standard noun for this concept.
The sheer impossibleness of the task overwhelmed him works grammatically but sounds stilted compared to the impossibility of the task.
Impossibility of execution
- unworkabilityImpossibility of functioning
- unfeasibilityCannot be done
- impracticalityBeing unworkable in reality
- inoperabilityInability to function
unsustainability · unmanageability · nonviability · inaccessibility · unattainability · insurmountability · intractability
Obstruction preventing passage
- obstacleSomething blocking the way
- impedimentThing that obstructs progress
- hindranceBarrier to progress
- blockadeSealing off a place
insurmountability · impassability · impenetrability · obstruction · deadlock · impasse · stalemate · roadblock
Inability to be grasped mentally
- unthinkabilityBeing beyond mental grasp
- preposterousnessQuality of being ridiculous
- implausibilityState of seeming unlikely
- incredibilityQuality beyond belief
unfathomability · incomprehensibility · illogicality · irrationality · absurdity · ludicrousness · ridiculousness · outrageousness
Lack of purpose
- despairTotal absence of hope
- hopelessnessState without hope
- bleaknessQuality of being dreary
- resignationVoluntary relinquishment of position
defeatism · despondency · pessimism · fatalism · discouragement · dejection · desolation · gloom
impracticability
Impossibility of execution
- unworkabilityImpossibility of functioning
- unfeasibilityCannot be done
- impracticalityBeing unworkable in reality
inoperability · unsustainability · unmanageability · nonviability · inaccessibility · unattainability · insurmountability · intractability
barrier
Obstruction preventing passage
- obstacleSomething blocking the way
- impedimentThing that obstructs progress
- hindranceBarrier to progress
blockade · insurmountability · impassability · impenetrability · obstruction · deadlock · impasse · stalemate · roadblock · bottleneck
inconceivability
Inability to be grasped mentally
- unthinkabilityBeing beyond mental grasp
- preposterousnessQuality of being ridiculous
- implausibilityState of seeming unlikely
incredibility · unfathomability · incomprehensibility · illogicality · irrationality · absurdity · ludicrousness · ridiculousness · outrageousness · unbelievability
futility
Lack of purpose
- despairTotal absence of hope
- hopelessnessState without hope
- bleaknessQuality of being dreary
resignation · defeatism · despondency · pessimism · fatalism · discouragement · dejection · desolation · gloom · inevitability
impossiblenesspossibility
State of being achievable
achievability · attainability · feasibility · doability · practicability
impossiblenesspossibility
State of being achievable
conceivability · plausibility · imaginability · logical consistency · coherence
possible, impossible, possibly, possibility, impossibly, impossibility, impossibilities, unpossible, impossibles