improbable

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred
  2. adjective having a probability too low to inspire belief
  3. adjective too improbable to admit of belief

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin improbābilis. By surface analysis, im- + probable.

In classic literature

Synonyms

unlikely

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