unlikely

IPA: ʌnɫˈaɪkɫi

noun

  • Something or somebody considered unlikely.

adjective

  • Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected.
  • Not holding out a prospect of success; likely to fail; unpromising.

adverb

  • In an improbable manner.
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Examples of "unlikely" in Sentences

  • Our only quibble is her choice of the word "unlikely."
  • And still: in 2011, the term "unlikely" doesn't quite carry the weight it used to.
  • Furthermore, "the Enlightenment" was a term unlikely to be applied to a wanted criminal.
  • So remember when you're feeling very small and insecure, how amazingly unlikely is your birth.
  • One thing I hate to hear, and I hate to hear it even more when it comes from strippers themselves, is the term unlikely stripper.
  • The lack of ideologically charged cases also makes this term unlikely to provide much evidence of the alleged conservative ascendency.
  • With every game, every precision pass and every clever drive to the basket, Lin is raising expectations, altering the Knicks' fate and redefining the word "unlikely."

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