But the possibility seems unlikely.
Source: tatoeba (1440)
Unlikely
//ʌnˈlaɪkli//
Synonyms for "unlikely" (43 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (13)
Related words (21)
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
2 entriessimilar
10 entriesTranslations
45 translations across 24 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- անհավանական adj (not likely)
- դժվար թե adj (not likely)
Belarusian
3 entries- невераго́дны adj (not likely)
- наўра́д adv (in an improbable manner)
- наўра́д ці adv (in an improbable manner)
Bulgarian
3 entries- невероятен adj (not likely)
- неправдоподобен adj (not likely)
- едва ли adv (in an improbable manner)
Catalan
2 entries- improbable adj (not likely)
- improbablement adv (in an improbable manner)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 不可能的 adj (not likely)
- 未必 adv (in an improbable manner)
Dutch
2 entries- onwaarschijnlijk adj (not likely)
- onwaarschijnlijk adv (in an improbable manner)
Esperanto
2 entries- neverŝajna adj (not likely)
- malverŝajne adv (in an improbable manner)
Finnish
2 entries- epätodennäköinen adj (not likely)
- epätodennäköisesti adv (in an improbable manner)
French
3 entries- improbable adj (not likely)
- peu probable adj (not likely)
- improbablement adv (in an improbable manner)
Galician
1 entries- improbábel adj (not likely)
German
1 entries- unwahrscheinlich adj (not likely)
Greek
1 entries- απίθανος adj (not likely)
Hungarian
1 entries- valószínűtlen adj (not likely)
Irish
1 entries- ní móide adj (not likely)
Italian
1 entries- improbabile adj (not likely)
Kazakh
1 entries- алмағайып adj (not likely)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- neppe adj (not likely)
Polish
2 entries- mało prawdopodobny adj (not likely)
- nieprawdopodobny adj (not likely)
Portuguese
2 entries- improvável adj (not likely)
- improvavelmente adv (in an improbable manner)
Romanian
3 entries- improbabil adj (not likely)
- puțin probabil adv (in an improbable manner)
- în mod improbabil adv (in an improbable manner)
Russian
4 entries- маловероя́тный adj (not likely)
- вря́д ли adv (in an improbable manner)
- едва́ ли adv (in an improbable manner)
- навря́д ли adv (in an improbable manner)
Spanish
2 entries- improbable adj (not likely)
- improbablemente adv (in an improbable manner)
Swedish
1 entries- osannolikt adj (not likely)
Ukrainian
2 entries- навря́д adv (in an improbable manner)
- навря́д чи adv (in an improbable manner)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
It seems unlikely that any society could completely dispense with myths.
Source: tatoeba (21089)
Seeing that he is still sick, he is unlikely to come today.
Source: tatoeba (32570)
This story sounds very unlikely to me.
Source: tatoeba (56451)
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