Meaning of UNLIKELY
Pronunciation: | | un'lIklee
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- [adj] 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"
- [adj] not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred; "legislation on the question is highly unlikely"; "an improbable event"
- [adj] having a probability to low to inspire belief
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| Synonyms: | | farfetched, implausible, improbable, last, outside, remote, supposed(a), unbelievable, unconvincing |
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| Antonyms: | | likely, plausible, probable | |
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| Definition: | | Unlikely Description not available. more details ... |
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\Un*like"ly\, a.
1. Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected; as,
an unlikely event; the thing you mention is very unlikely.
2. Not holding out a prospect of success; likely to fail;
unpromising; as, unlikely means. --Hooker.
3. Not such as to inspire liking; unattractive; disagreeable.
[Obs.] ``The unlikely eld of me.'' --Chaucer.
\Un*like"ly\, adv.
In an unlikely manner.
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