Thesaurus: unlikely

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1. a. Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected; as, an unlikely event; the thing you mention is very unlikely.
2. a. Not holding out a prospect of success; likely to fail; unpromising; as, unlikely means.
3. a. Not such as to inspire liking; unattractive; disagreeable.
4. adv. In an unlikely manner.
5. adj. not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred
6. adj. has little chance of being the case or coming about
7. adj. having a probability too low to inspire belief
8. 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. In an unlikely manner.
9. j:100 a. has little chance of being the case or coming about