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unlikely

un·li·kely

UK/ʌnˈlaɪkli/ US/ʌˈnlaɪkli/ fairly common

adjective

1.

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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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”
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Origin

From Middle English unlykely, unlikly, unlykly, unlicli. By surface analysis, un- + likely.

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