unlikely

  1. Adjective.  Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected; as, an unlikely event; the thing you mention is very unlikely. Not holding out a prospect of success; likely to fail; unpromising; as, unlikely means.
  2. Adverb.  In an improbable manner.
  3. Noun.  Something or somebody considered unlikely.

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