unlikely

unlikely
    adj 1: not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred;
           "legislation on the question is highly unlikely"; "an
           improbable event" [syn: {improbable}, {unlikely}] [ant:
           {likely}, {probable}]
    2: has little chance of being the case or coming about; "an
       unlikely story"; "an unlikely candidate for reelection"; "a
       butcher is unlikely to preach vegetarianism" [ant: {likely}]
    3: having a probability too low to inspire belief [syn:
       {improbable}, {unbelievable}, {unconvincing}, {unlikely}]
    

Unlikely \Un*like"ly\, a.
   1. Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected; as,
      an unlikely event; the thing you mention is very unlikely.
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   2. Not holding out a prospect of success; likely to fail;
      unpromising; as, unlikely means. --Hooker.
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   3. Not such as to inspire liking; unattractive; disagreeable.
      [Obs.] "The unlikely eld of me." --Chaucer.
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Unlikely \Un*like"ly\, adv.
   In an unlikely manner.
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28 Moby Thesaurus words for "unlikely":
      distasteful, doubtable, doubtful, dubious, dubitable,
      hardly possible, implausible, improbable, inappropriate,
      inauspicious, inconceivable, incredible, more than doubtful,
      objectionable, questionable, remote, unacceptable, unattractive,
      unbecoming, uncongenial, unfit, unfitting, unimaginable,
      unpromising, unpropitious, unseemly, unsuitable, unthinkable