unlikelihood

Examples

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• Given the unlikelihood of finding any physical proof, he said it might be "impossible" to confirm his theory.

  Academic text (2009)

• At some point, the lure of treble damages is overcome by the unlikelihood of success.

  Academic text (1991)

• However, there is a certain unlikelihood in this claim.

  Academic text (2015)

• Maybe someday... But he seems to recognize the unlikelihood of such a someday.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Instead, the announcers talked about the unlikelihood of anything happening.

  Blog text (32)

• Inattention by the General Staff toward Lebanon reflected Israeli assumptions about the unlikelihood of any land war on its borders.

  Academic text (2007)

• The unlikelihood of it, the sheer injustice of it, aggravated Yael Luria.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Earl had traveled numberless gritty miles to meet him, and even if they only spent one night together, the unlikelihood of their having met, combined with the tape deck's welling arpeggios, made their impromptu date seem predestined.

  Fiction book (1999)

• With the unlikelihood of rain forecasted for the weekend, they decided to plan an outdoor picnic.

• She faced the unlikelihood of a promotion after her recent performance review, which left her feeling discouraged.

Synonyms

I

improbability

vsunlikelihood

4 7.0

How unlikely something is to happen or be true

is the same meaning but is a different word form

U

unlikeliness

vsunlikelihood

1 5.6

A low chance that something will happen

is the same meaning but appears as another word form

I

improbableness

vsunlikelihood

9.4

The state of being unlikely to happen or be true

is the same meaning but uses a different noun ending

Antonyms

P

probability

473 3.6

The chance that something will happen, often shown as a number or percent

L

likelihood

274 3.6

The chance that something will happen

How Unlikely

impossibility

37 5.3

improbability

4 7.0

unlikelihood

1 6.9

to doubt

∞ 1.3

Surface Forms

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Etymology