unlikely

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 has little chance of being the case or coming about
  3. adjective having a probability too low to inspire belief

Etymology

From Middle English unlykely, unlikly, unlykly, unlicli, equivalent to un- + likely.

In classic literature

Synonyms

improbable

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