unlikely

(ŭn-līk'lē)
adj., -li·er, -li·est.

1. Not likely; improbable.
2. Not promising; likely to fail.

unlikeliness un·like'li·ness n.

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adjective

Not likely: doubtful, improbable, questionable, unapt. See likely/unlikely.

adj

Definition: not probable
Antonyms: imaginable, likely, probably

IN BRIEF: Improbable. Also: Unpromising.

Oak trees come out of acorns, no matter how unlikely that seems. An acorn is just a tree's way back into the ground. — Shirley Ann Grau.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - usandsynlig

Nederlands (Dutch)
onwaarschijnlijk, vreemd/gek, vrij hopeloos

Français (French)
adj. - improbable, inattendu, invraisemblable, peu probable

Deutsch (German)
adj. - unwahrscheinlich, unglaubwürdig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - απίθανος

Italiano (Italian)
improbabile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - improvável, inverossímil

Русский (Russian)
вряд ли, маловероятный, не обещающий ничего хорошего, непривлекательный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - improbable, poco probable, poco prometedor

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - osannolik, orimlig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
未必的, 靠不住的, 不太可能的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 未必的, 靠不住的, 不太可能的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 있음직 하지 않은, 가망 없는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - ありそうもない, 成功しそうにない
adv. - ありそうもなく

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) بعيد الاحتمال, مستبعد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮לא עשוי, לא עלול, לא צפוי, לא נראה, בלתי סביר, מפוקפק‬

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