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unlikely

/ən'laɪkli/

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adjective
not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred
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"legislation on the question is highly unlikely"

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improbable supposed
adjective
having a probability too low to inspire belief
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improbable unbelievable unconvincing implausible
adjective
has little chance of being the case or coming about
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"an unlikely story" "an unlikely candidate for reelection" "a butcher is unlikely to preach vegetarianism"

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remote last outside farfetched far-fetched

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likely

Examples of unlikely

"legislation on the question is highly unlikely"
"an unlikely story"
"an unlikely candidate for reelection"
"a butcher is unlikely to preach vegetarianism"