impossibility
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There are moments, elevated not by the fact of being recorded but by the impossibility of being erased, that become traumatic. — Nausicaa Renner, The New Yorker, "How Social Media Shapes Our Identity," 8 Aug. 2019 Consider the Nets a longshot, though not a complete impossibility. — Michael Shapiro, SI.com, "Five Big Questions Surrounding Kevin Durant's NBA Free Agency," 24 June 2019 The impossibility of answering that question is the great virtue of her novel. — Merve Emre, The New York Review of Books, "‘Dismembered, Relocated, Rearranged’," 6 June 2019 The number of rolling variables create a near mathematical impossibility. — Conor Orr, SI.com, "Predicting Every Team’s Record for the 2019 NFL Season," 17 July 2019 More than most judges, Holmes managed to set aside his prejudices and partisan loyalties because of his philosophical skepticism about the impossibility of ever being confident that one is right. — Jeffrey Rosen, Washington Post, "Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes and the dangers of moral certainty," 27 June 2019 This story underlines the impossibility of a system of slavery based on race, but images and articles like this one are under-known and under-discussed. — Time Staff, Time, "15 Unsung Moments From American History That Historians Say You Should Know About," 28 June 2019 But, at the same time, the very impossibility of this project weighed on him throughout the war and for the remainder of his life. — Dallas News, "Return of the Lilies: Monet makes a triumphant encore at the Kimbell," 28 June 2019 As the teacher drones on about rising seas and lost species and the impossibility of keeping the peace among humanity as Earth’s resources are depleted, his lesson goes unheeded. — Ephrat Livni, Quartzy, "“Neon Genesis Evangelion,” a classic anime now on Netflix, tells the story of our lives," 23 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'impossibility.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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nounLegal Definition of impossibility
Note: Factual impossibility is not a complete defense and does allow prosecution for attempt or for another inchoate offense. For example, if the defendant constructed a bomb that failed to explode, factual impossibility would be a defense against murder charges, but not attempted murder.
Note: Legal impossibility is founded on the principle that an act is not a crime unless there is a law prohibiting it.
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