effectively impossible
Frequency: 7.815.1 per million words
to a degree that makes something seem impossible to do or achieve.
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- Without the right tools, climbing that mountain is effectively impossible.
- Reversing the second law of thermodynamics is considered effectively impossible.
- To finish the project by Friday is effectively impossible with our current staff.
- Getting a reservation at that restaurant is effectively impossible unless you book months in advance.
- The new regulations make it effectively impossible for small businesses to compete.
- It's effectively impossible to prove a negative.
- Tracing the origin of the anonymous cyber-attack has proven effectively impossible.
- For me, running a marathon without any training would be effectively impossible.
- With so much background noise, hearing what she said was effectively impossible.
- Achieving a unanimous vote on this controversial issue is effectively impossible.