Out Of The Question

Definition: Out Of The Question

Out Of The Question

Adjective

1. Totally unlikely.

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Synonyms: Out Of The Question

Dissent

Unavowed, unacknowledged; out of the question.

Hopelessness

Out of the question, not to be thought of; impracticable; past hope, past cure, past mending, past recall; at one's last gasp; (death); given up, given over.

Impossibility

Impracticable unachievable; unfeasible, infeasible; insuperable; unsurmountable, insurmountable; unattainable, unobtainable; out of reach, out of the question; not to be had, not to be thought of; beyond control; desperate; (hopeless); incompatible; inaccessible, uncomeatable, impassable, impervious, innavigable, inextricable; self-contradictory.

Refusal

Refused; Verb: ungranted, out of the question, not to be thought of, impossible.

Rejection

Adjective: rejected; Verb: reject, rejectaneous, rejectious; not chosen; to be thought of, out of the question

Undueness

Improper; unmeet, unfit, unbefitting, unseemly; unbecoming, misbecoming; seemless; contra bonos mores; not the thing, out of the question, not to be thought of; preposterous, pretentious, would-be.

Out of the question. (Moonraker; writing credit: Christopher Wood)

That's fabulous, I love pity points. But how can I get to a 7? I know a 6 is out of the question, but is there any way I can get to a 7? (Curb Your Enthusiasm; writing credit: Larry David)

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Books

• Out Of The Question And A Counterfeit Presentment (plays) (Notable American Authors) (reference)

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Thenceforth, a serious political contest was altogether out of the question. (reference)

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The grandfather put Jean Valjean out of the question.

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Expressions using "out of the question": be out of the question ♦ going now is out of the question ♦ it is out of the question ♦ it's out of the question. Additional references.

Albanian

i pamundur (hopeless, impossible). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مستحيل (impossible, no way), ‏غير معقول (paradoxical, pointless, preposterous, unbelievable, unconscionable, unimaginable, unreasonable), ‏غير وارد (unthinkable, unthinking). (various references)

Bulgarian 

неразрешено, изключено. (various references)

Chinese 

不行 (be no good, be out of the question, not be capable, not work, won't do). (various references)

Czech

v žádném případì (by no means, nohow, on no account). (various references)

Finnish

ei ajateltavissakaan (it is not to be thought of). (various references)

French

hors de question, en dehors de la question. (various references)

German

indiskutabel. (various references)

Greek 

αποκλείεται. (various references)

Hebrew 

לא יתכן, לא בא בחשבון. (various references)

Hungarian

lehetetlen (beyond possibility, impossible, it will not wash, no chance, unearthly), elképzelhetetlen (inconceivable, unconceivable, unimaginable, unthinkable, wondrous). (various references)

Indonesian

muhal (impossible). (various references)

Italian

impossibile (impossible, unable, unearthly). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

論外 , 問題外 (unthinkable). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ろ�"がい, も�"� いがい (unthinkable). (various references)

Pig Latin

outay ofay ethay estionquay

Portuguese

fora de cogitação (out of the picture). (various references)

Romanian

imposibil (absurd, extravagant, impossible, insolubly, it's no go, never, not really, unbearable, unearthly, unfeasible). (various references)

Russian 

об этом не может быть и речи (it is out of the question, it's out of the question). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

ne dolazi u obzir (question: out of the question). (various references)

Spanish

de ningún modo (nohow, none, not at all, nowise). (various references)

Swedish

inte i fråga. (various references)

Turkish

olanaksız (absurd, impossible, out, out of question, unfeasible, unthinkable), söz konusu olamaz. (various references)