How to pronounce unlikely

not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred

“legislation on the question is highly unlikely”

“an improbable event”

Synonyms: improbable

Antonyms: probable

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”

Antonyms: likely

having a probability too low to inspire belief

Synonyms: improbableunbelievableunconvincing