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1. (adj.) unlikely
not likely to be or occur; improbable; doubtful.
2. unlikely
holding little prospect of success; unpromising.
3. (adv.) unlikely
in an unlikely way.
Etymology: (1325–75)
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| Definition of 'unlikely' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) improbable, unlikely
not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred
"legislation on the question is highly unlikely"; "an improbable event"
2. (adj) unlikely
has little chance of being the case or coming about
"an unlikely story"; "an unlikely candidate for reelection"; "a butcher is unlikely to preach vegetarianism"
3. (adj) improbable, unbelievable, unconvincing, unlikely
having a probability too low to inspire belief
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1. (adjective) unlikely
without a strong chance of happening or succeeding
It's unlikely (that) they'll be here before dark.; You're unlikely to get tickets now.
2. unlikely
not easy to believe
an unlikely story about the car breaking down
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| Definition of 'unlikely' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) unlikely
not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected; as, an unlikely event; the thing you mention is very unlikely
2. (adj) unlikely
not holding out a prospect of success; likely to fail; unpromising; as, unlikely means
3. (adj) unlikely
not such as to inspire liking; unattractive; disagreeable
4. (adverb) unlikely
in an unlikely manner
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Sense: not likely or probable
an unlikely explanation for his absence; She's unlikely to arrive before 7.00 p.m.; It is unlikely that she will come.
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Afrikaans: onwaarskynlik |
Arabic: غَيْر مُحْتَمَل |
Bulgarian: невероятен |
Brazilian: improvável |
Czech: nepravděpodobný |
German: unwahrscheinlich |
Danish: usandsynlig; næppe |
Greek: απίθανος, αδύνατος |
Spanish: improbable |
Estonian: ebatõenäoline |
Farsi: بعید |
Finnish: epätodennäköinen |
French: improbable |
Hebrew: לא מִתקַבֵּל עַל הַדַעַת |
Hindi: असंभावित |
Croatian: slabo vjerojatan, nesigur |
Hungarian: nem valószínű, hogy; való |
Indonesian: mustahil |
Icelandic: ólíklegur |
Italian: improbabile |
Japanese: ありそうもない |
Korean: 있을 법하지도 않은 |
Lithuanian: neįtikėtinas, vargu ar ga |
Latvian: nedomājams; neticams; nei |
Malay: tdk mungkin |
Dutch: onwaarschijnlijk |
Norwegian: usannsynlig, lite trolig |
Polish: nieprawdopodobny |
Persian: بعید |
Pashto: ناشونې، بې احتماله |
Portuguese: pouco provável |
Romanian: improbabil, puţin probabi |
Russian: неправдоподобный; маловер |
Slovak: nepravdepodobný |
Slovenian: malo verjeten |
Serbian: malo verovatan |
Swedish: osannolik |
Thai: ที่ไม่น่าจะเกิดขึ้น |
Turkish: olası olmayan |
Taiwanese: 未必的 |
Ukrainian: неправдоподібний, малоймо |
Urdu: نا ممکن |
Vietnamese: không chắc xảy ra, không |
Chinese: 未必的 |
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