improbability
n.
quality of being unlikely to happen, unlikelihood; something which will probably not happen
Improbability
improbability
Noun
1. the quality of being improbable
(synonym) improbableness
(antonym) probability
(hypernym) uncertainty, uncertainness
(hyponym) unlikelihood, unlikeliness
Improbability
(n.)
The quality or state of being improbable; unlikelihood; also, that which is improbable; an improbable event or result.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
improbability
Synonyms and related words:
abnormality, anomaly, bare possibility, conversation piece, curio, curiosity, dark horse, exception, fighting chance, gambling chance, hardly a chance, hundred-to-one shot, inexpectance, inexpectancy, inexpectation, little chance, little opportunity, long odds, long shot, museum piece, no expectation, nonesuch, nonexpectation, oddity, off chance, outside chance, poor bet, poor lookout, poor possibility, poor prospect, prodigiosity, prodigy, rarity, remote possibility, slim chance, small chance, strange thing, the unforeseen, the unlooked-for, unanticipation, unexpectedness, unforeseeableness, unlikelihood, unpredictability, unpredictableness, unpreparedness, unreadiness
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