improbable
not probable; unlikely to be true or to happen: Rain is improbable tonight.
Origin of improbable
1Other words for improbable
Other words from improbable
- im·prob·a·bly, adverb
- im·prob·a·ble·ness, noun
- su·per·im·prob·a·ble, adjective
- su·per·im·prob·a·ble·ness, noun
- su·per·im·prob·a·bly, adverb
Words that may be confused with improbable
- impossible, impracticable, impractical, improbable
Words Nearby improbable
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How to use improbable in a sentence
Of course, any such speculation only underscores just how improbable Kipchoge’s win streak really was.
Eliud Kipchoge’s Streak Comes to an End in London | Martin Fritz Huber | October 5, 2020 | Outside OnlineAllen has raised his ceiling this year, performing at a level many would have considered improbable before this season.
Earlier this month, before the Nuggets pulled off another improbable series comeback, I asked 7-footer Nikola Jokić about the patient, glacially paced style he uses on offense.
Nikola Jokić Is A Tortoise, And He’s Beating All Of The Hares | Chris Herring (chris.herring@fivethirtyeight.com) | September 24, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightOf all the subcultures on Twitter, TikTok, and Instagram, this is one of the most improbable—and riskiest—to emerge.
Inside the weird new world of social ‘forex’ trading—where you sign up friends, and some report risky red flags for investors | Brooke Henderson | September 20, 2020 | FortuneThat is to say, it is improbable that there would be a major polling error in Michigan that wouldn’t also be reflected in similar states such as Wisconsin and Ohio.
How FiveThirtyEight’s 2020 Presidential Forecast Works — And What’s Different Because Of COVID-19 | Nate Silver (nrsilver@fivethirtyeight.com) | August 12, 2020 | FiveThirtyEight
From this louche improbable source pours music of sublime beauty without one false note.
So the story was about those two characters reuniting and, in the most improbable circumstances, changing the world.
‘Homeland’ Creator Talks Season 4’s ‘Reboot,’ Life After Brody, and How ISIS Will Affect the Show | Marlow Stern | October 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt may seem improbable now, but someday this experience will be behind us.
Saying Goodbye to the Salvage Saviors of Giglio | Barbie Latza Nadeau | July 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThat leaves one other improbable but ultimately most likely culprit: a high-mass, low-temperature white dwarf.
Other Nel gems: “Your version is so improbable that it cannot be reasonably possible.”
Pistorius’s Cross-Examination Could Have Been Grounds for a Mistrial in a U.S. Court | James D. Zirin | May 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLeaving Howlet and Meadows grinning at a highly improbable adventure, he slapped the boy on the shoulder.
Fee of the Frontier | Horace Brown FyfeOne of the company observed that this was improbable, as Dr. Goldsmith had never been in that part of the country.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | VariousIt is not improbable, however, that the movement may have been a serious attempt at a great flank attack on England.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. MurisonLimited to Cycadeae, however, it does not appear to me so very improbable, as to deserve to be rejected without examination.
Rabbah was to be a sheep-fold, Babylon a menagerie of wild beasts—a very specific difference and very improbable.
Gospel Philosophy | J. H. Ward
British Dictionary definitions for improbable
/ (ɪmˈprɒbəbəl) /
not likely or probable; doubtful; unlikely
Derived forms of improbable
- improbability or improbableness, noun
- improbably, adverb
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