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for the birds
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not likely |
| Synonyms: | doubtful, dubious, far out, farfetched, fishy, flimsy, for the birds, full of holes, impossible, improbable, inconceivable, incredible, obscure, problematic, puzzling, reachy, suspect, thin*, too much*, unbelievable, unconvincing, unreasonable, unsubstantial, weak, won't hold water, won't wash |
| Antonyms: | believable, likely, plausible, possibly, probably, reasonable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unsatisfactory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insufficient, inadequate |
| Synonyms: | amiss, bad, damaged, deficient, disappointing, disconcerting, displeasing, disquieting, distressing, disturbing, for the birds, junky, lame, mediocre, no good, not good enough, not up to par, offensive, poor, regrettable, rotten, schlocky, second, thin, unacceptable, undesirable, unsuitable, unwelcome, unworthy, upsetting, vexing, weak, wrong |
| Antonyms: | acceptable, adequate, ok, satisfactory, sufficient |
| Main Entry: | unconceivable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | implausible |
| Synonyms: | doubtful, dubious, far out, farfetched, fishy, flimsy, for the birds, full of holes, impossible, improbable, inconceivable, incredible, obscure, problematic, puzzling, reachy, shaky, suspect, thin*, too much*, unbelievable, unconvincing, unreasonable, unsubstantial, weak, won't hold water, won't wash |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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