Meaning of out of the question | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Not remotely possible.
   idiomatic
2. impossible
3. unable

Equivalents

Examples

“A second special was out of the question⟳, as the ordinary local service was already somewhat deranged by the first.”

“Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason⟳, on these surging floods, were these travelers,[…]. Even such a boat as the Mount⟳ Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave⟳ secrecy or privacy well out of the question⟳, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.”

“If Suzanne Collins’ novel The Hunger Games turns up on middle-school curricula 50 years from now—and as accessible dystopian science fiction with allusions to early-21st-century strife, that isn’t out of the question⟳—the lazy students of the future can be assured that they can watch⟳ the movie version and still get⟳ better than a passing grade.”

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