American English pronunciation
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IPA transcription: [ən'laɪkli]
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Adjective
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not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred
“legislation on the question is highly unlikely”
“an improbable event”
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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”
Adjective
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having a probability too low to inspire belief
Usage examples
- Yet their eventual partnership seemed unlikely.
- That is unlikely considering it has his name on it.
- This suggests that it is unlikely that it was done by a copy artist.
- However Ageia seem unlikely to pursue this market.
- A contention is that many Sherlockian mysteries have solutions based on seemingly unlikely events.
- In its aftermath, George takes up the unlikely role of town hero.
- Derivation from the noun "komin" 'stove, chimney' is unlikely for accentual reasons.
- That is unlikely considering it has his name on it.
- That is unlikely considering it has his name on it.
- Patients that receive false negatives are unlikely to seek further treatment for their disease.