Improbability

//ɪmˌpɹɒb.əˈbɪl.ɪ.ti// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality or state of being improbable; unlikelihood. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the quality of being improbable wordnet
  3. 3
    That which is improbable; an improbable event or result. countable, uncountable

    ""I really," returned the other with a sneer, "cannot agree about probabilities or improbabilities, but I know what the generality will think when they see a gentleman constantly with five very pretty girls, and I also know what they will say.""

Synonyms

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unlikelihoodabnormalityanomalyapocalypsebare possibilityconversation piece

Example

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"The inconvenient improbability that we exist as self-conscious beings raises the ontological questions of where, when, and how did it all come into being."

Etymology

From im- + probability.

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