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UK
/ʌnlˈaɪkli/
]
[ US /ənˈɫaɪkɫi/ ]
[ US /ənˈɫaɪkɫi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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has little chance of being the case or coming about
an unlikely candidate for reelection
a butcher is unlikely to preach vegetarianism
an unlikely story -
not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred
legislation on the question is highly unlikely
an improbable event - having a probability too low to inspire belief
How To Use unlikely In A Sentence
- He made comments about a couple of items, suggesting an appetizer that sounded unlikely but that, in his words,'went down a treat. FOLLY
- The game's protagonist, Laharl, a self-absorbed demon who also happens to be prince to the throne of the netherworld, is as unlikely a ‘hero’ as one could expect.
- Here, however, they are unlikely to survive the frosts although both impatiens and pelagoniums can be kept for next year in a heated greenhouse or brought indoors and used as house plants.
- Hillary's woman problem is that her reach among women over 30 I don't want to use the term older women is unlikely to change much. Hillary's Woman Problem Part II
- It is unlikely that their blueprint for economic reform will be put into action.
- More than that and we'd be unlikely to win. Times, Sunday Times
- It shows a stag hunt, accompanied by more unlikely woodland animals such as a monkey and a tortoise. Times, Sunday Times
- Hunt thinks it unlikely that the currency will break parity with the dollar next year, and feels it is likely to settle around the $0.92 level.
- A military coup seems unlikely.
- For the kids the knee-jerk tourist products are wooden toys, but they are lumpish, boring objects, unlikely to appeal to any but the most simple-minded of toddlers.