out of the question

adjective

totally unlikely (Freq. 1)

• Syn: ↑impossible, ↑inconceivable, ↑unimaginable

• Similar to: ↑unthinkable

• Derivationally related forms: ↑inconceivableness (for: ↑inconceivable), ↑inconceivability (for: ↑inconceivable), ↑impossibleness (for: ↑impossible)

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IMPOSSIBLE, impracticable, unfeasible, unworkable, inconceivable, unimaginable, unrealizable, unsuitable; informal not on.

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phrasal

1. : alien to the question or subject being discussed

2. : not worthy of consideration : not to be thought of

such a course is out of the question

3. : impossible

sleep during this interval was out of the question — T.L.Peacock

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out of the question see under ↑question

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Main Entry: ↑out

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out of the question

Not to be thought of

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Main Entry: ↑question

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too impracticable or unlikely to merit discussion

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out of the question

: not possible or allowed

Asking my father for money was completely out of the question.

Wearing a stained blouse to dinner was out of the question.

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Main Entry: ↑question

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out of the ˈquestion idiom

impossible or not allowed and therefore not worth discussing

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Another trip abroad this year is out of the question.

Main entry: ↑question_idiom

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