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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred;
- Example: "legislation on the question is highly unlikely"
- Example: "an improbable event"
[syn: improbable, unlikely]

2. has little chance of being the case or coming about;
- Example: "an unlikely story"
- Example: "an unlikely candidate for reelection"
- Example: "a butcher is unlikely to preach vegetarianism"

3. having a probability too low to inspire belief;
[syn: improbable, unbelievable, unconvincing, unlikely]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Unlikely \Un*like"ly\, adv. In an unlikely manner. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Unlikely \Un*like"ly\, a. 1. Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected; as, an unlikely event; the thing you mention is very unlikely. [1913 Webster] 2. Not holding out a prospect of success; likely to fail; unpromising; as, unlikely means. --Hooker. [1913 Webster] 3. Not such as to inspire liking; unattractive; disagreeable. [Obs.] "The unlikely eld of me." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

unlikely adj 1: not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred; "legislation on the question is highly unlikely"; "an improbable event" [syn: improbable, unlikely] [ant: likely, probable] 2: has little chance of being the case or coming about; "an unlikely story"; "an unlikely candidate for reelection"; "a butcher is unlikely to preach vegetarianism" [ant: likely] 3: having a probability too low to inspire belief [syn: improbable, unbelievable, unconvincing, unlikely]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

28 Moby Thesaurus words for "unlikely": distasteful, doubtable, doubtful, dubious, dubitable, hardly possible, implausible, improbable, inappropriate, inauspicious, inconceivable, incredible, more than doubtful, objectionable, questionable, remote, unacceptable, unattractive, unbecoming, uncongenial, unfit, unfitting, unimaginable, unpromising, unpropitious, unseemly, unsuitable, unthinkable