IMPROBABLE


Meaning of IMPROBABLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪmprɒbəb(ə)l ]

1.

Something that is improbable is unlikely to be true or to happen.

...a highly improbable coincidence...

= unlikely

≠ probable, likely

ADJ : oft it v-link ADJ that

• im‧prob‧abil‧ity

(improbabilities)

...the improbability of such an outcome.

N-VAR

2.

If you describe something as improbable , you mean it is strange, unusual, or ridiculous.

On the face of it, their marriage seems an improbable alliance.

= unlikely

ADJ

• im‧prob‧ably

The sea is an improbably pale turquoise...

ADV : ADV adj , ADV with v , ADV with cl

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