people who dispute that a task is possible should not impede those people who attempt to do it

(basketball) The situation where the ball passes through the net without striking either the rim or the backboard.

Unattractive.

inattentive / incapable of rational thought

(now rare, archaic) Introducing a subordinate clause, frequently with that: "it is not that (the following clause) is not the case".

Used to indicate that the following clause is not true and that this negatively impacts the importance of the preceding clause.

(music) A smaller note marking a tone introduced between two others, to effect a smooth passage from the one to the other, but forming no essential part of the harmony.

plural of passing note

plural of postal note

(historical) A note of postal currency. / (Australia, New Zealand) Synonym of postal order. / (US historical) A fixed-sum postal order issued by the USPS between 1945 and 1951.