improbability

[ im-prob-uh-bil-i-tee, im-prob- ]

/ ɪmˌprɒb əˈbɪl ɪ ti, ˌɪm prɒb- /

the quality or condition of being improbable; unlikelihood.

something improbable or unlikely.

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First recorded in 1590–1600; improbable + -ity

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Besides, the Dalai Lama had already laughed about its improbability.
From Fashion Player to Photographer Monk|Nina Strochlic|December 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Improbability of this sort is the stuff that makes for reasonable doubt.
The DSK Rush to Judgment|Gerald L. Shargel|July 1, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Dick, indeed, would not again deny her request; but had he not reckoned on the improbability of her renewing it?
Sanctuary|Edith Wharton
Only its improbability is not so extremely great as to make it useless to consider the evidence in its favour.
The Truth of Christianity|William Harry Turton

The passage is evidently torn from its context and has been much abbreviated in order to accentuate its improbability.
In Northern Mists (Volume 1 of 2)|Fridtjof Nansen
One writer comments ambiguously, in guarded language, suggesting the improbability of the horrible practices alleged by Grant.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist|Alexander Berkman
If it be unavoidable, however, it should be outside the tragedy, like the improbability in the Oedipus of Sophocles.
The Poetics|Aristotle