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improbable

[ im-prob-uh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. not probable; unlikely to be true or to happen:

    Rain is improbable tonight.

    Synonyms: implausible, doubtful, questionable



improbable

/ ɪmˈprɒbəbəl /

adjective

  1. not likely or probable; doubtful; unlikely
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • imˈprobably, adverb
  • imˌprobaˈbility, noun
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Other Words From

  • im·proba·bly adverb
  • im·proba·ble·ness noun
  • super·im·proba·ble adjective
  • super·im·proba·ble·ness noun
  • super·im·proba·bly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of improbable1

From the Latin word improbābilis, dating back to 1590–1600. See im- 2, probable
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Example Sentences

Of course, any such speculation only underscores just how improbable Kipchoge’s win streak really was.

Allen has raised his ceiling this year, performing at a level many would have considered improbable before this season.

Earlier this month, before the Nuggets pulled off another improbable series comeback, I asked 7-footer Nikola Jokić about the patient, glacially paced style he uses on offense.

Of all the subcultures on Twitter, TikTok, and Instagram, this is one of the most improbable—and riskiest—to emerge.

From Fortune

That is to say, it is improbable that there would be a major polling error in Michigan that wouldn’t also be reflected in similar states such as Wisconsin and Ohio.

From this louche improbable source pours music of sublime beauty without one false note.

So the story was about those two characters reuniting and, in the most improbable circumstances, changing the world.

It may seem improbable now, but someday this experience will be behind us.

That leaves one other improbable but ultimately most likely culprit: a high-mass, low-temperature white dwarf.

Other Nel gems: “Your version is so improbable that it cannot be reasonably possible.”

Leaving Howlet and Meadows grinning at a highly improbable adventure, he slapped the boy on the shoulder.

One of the company observed that this was improbable, as Dr. Goldsmith had never been in that part of the country.

It is not improbable, however, that the movement may have been a serious attempt at a great flank attack on England.

Limited to Cycadeae, however, it does not appear to me so very improbable, as to deserve to be rejected without examination.

Rabbah was to be a sheep-fold, Babylon a menagerie of wild beasts—a very specific difference and very improbable.

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