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improbability

noun

1 improbability

The quality of being improbable:
— Impossibility should never be confused with improbability.
— The improbability of such rare coincidences.

synonym: improbableness.

Roget 473: improbability, unlikelihood; unfavorable chance, bad chance, ghost of a chance, little chance, small chance, poor chance, scarcely any chance, no chance; bare possibility; long odds; incredibility etc. ... show more

is a specific kind of: precariousness, uncertainness, uncertainty.

is a broader term that covers: unlikelihood, unlikeliness.

is the opposite of: probability.

derivation: improbable, marvellous, marvelous, tall | improbable, unlikely | improbable, unbelievable, unconvincing, unlikely.

Dutch: onwaarschijnlijkheid
Polish: nieprawdopodobieĊ„stwo

Moby thesaurus: abnormality, anomaly, bare possibility, conversation piece, curio, curiosity, dark horse, exception, fighting chance, gambling chance, hardly a chance, hundred-to-one shot, inexpectance, inexpectancy, inexpectation, little chance, little opportunity, long odds, long shot, museum piece ... show more.

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