unlikely

1. a. Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected; as, an unlikely event; the thing you mention is very unlikely. Source: opted

2. a. Not holding out a prospect of success; likely to fail; unpromising; as, unlikely means. Source: opted

3. a. Not such as to inspire liking; unattractive; disagreeable. Source: opted

4. adv. In an unlikely manner. Source: opted

5. adj. not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred Source: wordnet

6. adj. has little chance of being the case or coming about Source: wordnet

7. adj. having a probability too low to inspire belief Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

9. j:100 a. has little chance of being the case or coming about Source: ecdict

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