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