A second special was out of the question, as the ordinary local service was already somewhat deranged by the first.
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Out of the question
Synonyms for "out of the question" (72 found)
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Closest matches (15)
absurdau contrairebarredby no meansclosed-outcontemnedcontrary to reasoncount me outdeclineddeclined with thanksdenieddespiseddisapproveddiscardeddiscounted
Strong matches (21)
disdaineddismisseddisownedexceptedexcludedfar from itforsworngod forbidhopelessi refusei will notignoredimpossiblein no casein no respectin no wiseinclude me outinconceivablelogically impossible
Adjective(2 words)
Related words (36)
nevernono gono matter whatnohownot at allnot considerednot likelynot possiblenothing doingnowaynowayson no accounton no conditionoxymoronicparadoxicalpreposterousprohibitedquite the contraryrebuffed
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refusedrejectedrenouncedrepudiatedrepulsedridiculousruled-outscoutedself-contradictoryspurnedto the contraryunder no circumstancesunimaginableunthinkable
Adjective(2 words)
unimaginablezero probability
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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.
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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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