beggar belief en · VERB
Meanings
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(UK, intransitive) To appear implausible or unbelievable.
"It beggars belief that delegates are given smartcards for free travel around the city, yet ordinary Glaswegians will still be forced to use a disjointed ticketing system."
2021 November 17, “Network News: Anger at delegates' preferential treatment for Glasgow smartcards”, in RAIL, number 944, page 13:It beggars belief to suppose that corporate policies can always pursue the best interests of a company.
In Shakespeare's day boys or men took the part of women, and how characters like Lady Macbeth and Desdemona were adequately rendered by youths beggars belief.
1907, Sidney Lee, Shakespeare and the Modern Stage:[…
2022 September 23, 0:07 from the start, in As Putin goes for broke: What next after Ukraine annexation referendums? • FRANCE 24 English, spoken by François Picard, France 24, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2022:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| beggaring belief | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| beggars belief | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| beggared belief | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| beggared belief | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
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Translations (11)
fr dépasser l'entendement (Translations) · es resultar totalmente inverosímil (Translations) · fi olla vaikea uskoa (Translations) · es parecer increíble (Translations) · es sobreponerse a la credibilidad (Translations) · es sobrepasar el entendimiento (Translations) · fi olla mahdotonta uskoa (Translations) · fr défier l'imagination (Translations) · pl mącić rozum (Translations) · es rebasar la creencia (Translations) · pl nie mieścić się w głowie (Translations)