The phrase "little plausible" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English. It means that something is not very believable or convincing. Example: The defendant's alibi seemed little plausible to the jury, as there were several inconsistencies in his story.
Add in a little plausible speculation specifically, that there may be more sedimentary rocks buried beyond Curiosity's reach, or that other rocks may have eroded over the course of time and the lake's possible lifespan rises to tens of millions of years.
Barely two years ago, also on Mike Banning's watch in Olympus Has Fallen, President Asher was almost killed and Vice President Trumbull (Morgan Freeman) was then Speaker of the House, and similarly relegated to the command center with little plausible dialogue.
Potential sources of cfDNA are discussed by Stroun et al who find it little plausible that the primary source of cfDNA should be circulating tumour cells or micro-metastases, as the number of these is too low to provide larger amounts of cfDNA.
That now seems a little more plausible.
It is also a little too plausible for comfort.
Here is where it gets a little less plausible.
This is a little more plausible, but the result is the same – eventually they will be caught.
If they saw silicon compounds on CoRoT-7b, for example, then the pebble rain might begin to sound a little more plausible.
At the same time, good will as a mental discipline strikes me as little more plausible than gratitude as a mental discipline.
More than 18 inches had fallen since the drill's start the day before, making the desert fantasy seem a little less plausible.
And the prospect of canceling a full season, once viewed as an extreme bargaining tool, suddenly seems a little more plausible.
