What does unlikely mean?
Definitions for unlikely
ʌnˈlaɪk liun·like·ly
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word unlikely.
Princeton's WordNet
improbable, unlikelyadjective
not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred
"legislation on the question is highly unlikely"; "an improbable event"
unlikelyadjective
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"
improbable, unbelievable, unconvincing, unlikelyadjective
having a probability too low to inspire belief
Wiktionary
unlikelynoun
Something or somebody considered unlikely.
unlikelyadverb
In an improbable manner.
unlikelyadjective
Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected; as, an unlikely event; the thing you mention is very unlikely. Not holding out a prospect of success; likely to fail; unpromising; as, unlikely means.
It's very unlikely that you'll be able to walk perfectly after being in a cast for six months.
Webster Dictionary
Unlikelyadjective
not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected; as, an unlikely event; the thing you mention is very unlikely
Unlikelyadjective
not holding out a prospect of success; likely to fail; unpromising; as, unlikely means
Unlikelyadjective
not such as to inspire liking; unattractive; disagreeable
Unlikelyadverb
in an unlikely manner
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'unlikely' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1812
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'unlikely' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3176
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'unlikely' in Adjectives Frequency: #237
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of unlikely in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of unlikely in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of unlikely in a Sentence
It takes a proactive step for consumers to go into their Facebook settings and turn on the feature, there is a disconnect between people who say they care about privacy and those who actually do something about it. If not enough people use the tool, it's unlikely that it will have a material impact on Facebook's bottom line.
Without the similar research base that we have in the United States for, say, fusion energy it's unlikely to make meaningful progress, if the Japanese make progress in the next five years people might start to notice and say' Why aren't we doing that here.' Ultimately, he said, space-based solar energy is like most novel ideas.
It seems that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has gained the upper hand in terms of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro control over the key institutions in the country, including the military, which is most key. So, in the near term it seems unlikely that anything from that aspect is going to happen.
Although the Winter Outlook is good news for California, a wet winter is not guaranteed and even a wetter-than-average winter is unlikely to erase four years of drought.
Primarily they will do so for reputational purposes, to illustrate that they take employee misconduct seriously, a lesser factor is that they are unlikely to suffer in any material way financially.
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- من غير المرجحArabic
- improbableCatalan, Valencian
- unwahrscheinlichGerman
- improbable, improbablementeSpanish
- epätodennäköisesti, epätodennäköinenFinnish
- improbablement, improbableFrench
- ní móideIrish
- improbabileItalian
- ありそうもないJapanese
- onwaarschijnlijkDutch
- improvável, improvavelmentePortuguese
- improbabilă, puțin probabil, improbabil, în mod improbabilRomanian
- вряд ли, eдва ли, навряд лиRussian
- навряд чиUkrainian
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