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Dictionary: im·prob·a·ble   (ĭm-prŏb'ə-bəl) pronunciation
adj.
Unlikely to take place or be true.

improbableness im·prob'a·ble·ness n.
improbably im·prob'a·bly adv.

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adj

Definition: not likely
Antonyms: believable, certain, likely, ostensible, plausible, possible, probable, tenable


WordNet: improbable
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The adjective has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred
  Synonym: unlikely
  Antonym: probable (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: having a probability to low to inspire belief
  Synonyms: unbelievable, unconvincing, unlikely

Meaning #3: too improbable to admit of belief
  Synonyms: marvelous, marvellous, tall


Translations: Improbable
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - usandsynlig

Nederlands (Dutch)
onwaarschijnlijk

Français (French)
adj. - improbable, invraisemblable

Deutsch (German)
adj. - unwahrscheinlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - απίθανος, απίθανου ενδεχομένου

Italiano (Italian)
improbabile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - improvável

Русский (Russian)
невероятный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - improbable, inverosímil

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - osannolik, otrolig

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
不可能的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 不可能的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 있을법하지 않은

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - ありそうもない

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) غير محتمل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮לא סביר, לא מתקבל על הדעת, לא ייתכן‬


 
 
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