unlikely
/ʌnˈlaɪkli/ adjective B1- Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected. · In the highly unlikely event of landing in water, lifejackets are stored under the seat.
- Not holding out a prospect of success; likely to fail; unpromising. · unlikely means
Comparative unlikelier · Superlative unlikeliest
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But, whatever may be their own wishes, it is very unlikely they should have opposed their brother’s.
As she had heard no carriage, she thought it not unlikely to be Lady Catherine; and under that apprehension was putting away her half-finished letter, that she might escape all impertinent questions, when the door opened, and to her very great surprise Mr.
His sense of her inferiority, of its being a degradation, of the family obstacles which judgment had always opposed to inclination, were dwelt on with a warmth which seemed due to the consequence he was wounding, but was very unlikely to recommend his suit.
Our chambers were always full of chemicals and of criminal relics which had a way of wandering into unlikely positions, and of turning up in the butter-dish or in even less desirable places.
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