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مُستَحِيل

No chance

The bottom of the scale - مستحيل, أبدا and مش معقول

The bottom of the scale. All three of these are strong, and two of them are used as much for outrage as for actual impossibility.

"مُستَحِيل" is impossible. "أبَداً" is never, and it usually reinforces a negative that is already there. "مِش مَعقُول" literally says something isn't plausible, but in practice it means that's outrageous.

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  • adjective
  • functional
  • adjective

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