almost impossible
Frequency: 9.235.8 per million words
Indicates that a state or quality is very nearly, but not completely, impossible.
Examples (10)
- It's almost impossible to get a ticket for the final match.
- Climbing that sheer cliff face is almost impossible without proper gear.
- Finding a parking spot in this area during rush hour is almost impossible.
- Trying to change his mind once he's decided is almost impossible.
- Predicting the exact time and location of an earthquake remains almost impossible.
- With the heavy fog, it was almost impossible to see the road ahead.
- It was almost impossible to believe that the tiny boat survived the massive storm.
- Mastering this complex piece of music in just one week is an almost impossible task.
- It's almost impossible to please everyone with a single decision.
- Recovering the data from the corrupted hard drive was deemed almost impossible by the experts.