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unlikely

adjective

1 unlikely

Not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred:
— Legislation on the question is highly unlikely.

synonym: improbable.

Roget 471: impossible; not possible etc. 470; absurd, contrary to reason; unlikely; unreasonable etc. 477; incredible etc. 485; beyond the bounds of reason, ... show more

Roget 473: improbable, unlikely, contrary to all reasonable expectation; wild [Coll.], far out [Coll.], out of sight [Coll.], outtasight [Coll.], heavy [Coll.].    rare etc. (infrequent) 137; unheard of, ... show more

Polish: nieprawdopodobny

2 unlikely

Has little chance of being the case or coming about.

3 unlikely

Having a probability too low to inspire belief.

synonyms: improbable, unbelievable, unconvincing.


Moby thesaurus: distasteful, doubtable, doubtful, dubious, dubitable, hardly possible, implausible, improbable, inappropriate, inauspicious, inconceivable, incredible, more than doubtful, objectionable, questionable, remote, unacceptable, unattractive, unbecoming, uncongenial ... show more.

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