Unlikely

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Unlikely \Un*like"ly\, a.
     1. Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected; as,
        an unlikely event; the thing you mention is very unlikely.
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     2. Not holding out a prospect of success; likely to fail;


        unpromising; as, unlikely means. --Hooker.
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     3. Not such as to inspire liking; unattractive; disagreeable.
        [Obs.] "The unlikely eld of me." --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Unlikely \Un*like"ly\, adv.
     In an unlikely manner.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  unlikely
       adj 1: not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred;
              "legislation on the question is highly unlikely"; "an
              improbable event" [syn: {improbable}] [ant: {probable}]
       2: 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" [ant: {likely}]
       3: having a probability to low to inspire belief [syn: {improbable},
           {unbelievable}, {unconvincing}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  28 Moby Thesaurus words for "unlikely":
     distasteful, doubtable, doubtful, dubious, dubitable,
     hardly possible, implausible, improbable, inappropriate,
     inauspicious, inconceivable, incredible, more than doubtful,
     objectionable, questionable, remote, unacceptable, unattractive,
     unbecoming, uncongenial, unfit, unfitting, unimaginable,
     unpromising, unpropitious, unseemly, unsuitable, unthinkable