as in unlikely
not likely to be true or to occur
it seems improbable that the two writers never met since they traveled in the same social circles
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Elliott has 9%, and if every other shareholder votes (an improbable likelihood), Elliott would just need another 12.4% to block the transaction.
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Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2025
Conventional wisdom says that our emergence, evolution, and development on Earth were extremely improbable.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 14 Feb. 2025
Both improbable and inspirational, the 70-member orchestra grew from a fledgling adult education program at the local high school into a beloved institution through the hard work of its founder, Joel Lish, and Eva Holberg.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2025
But to have some other physics end up looking so similar would require a very specific and improbable set of circumstances.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 19 Feb. 2025
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Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2025
Conventional wisdom says that our emergence, evolution, and development on Earth were extremely improbable.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 14 Feb. 2025
Both improbable and inspirational, the 70-member orchestra grew from a fledgling adult education program at the local high school into a beloved institution through the hard work of its founder, Joel Lish, and Eva Holberg.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2025
But to have some other physics end up looking so similar would require a very specific and improbable set of circumstances.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 19 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for improbable
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“Improbable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/improbable. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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