| improbab | The statement sounds improbable. |
| improbab | Your explanation won't wash; it's too improbable to be true. |
| improbability | (n) the quality of being improbable, Syn. improbableness, Ant. probability, Example: impossibility should never be confused with improbability; the improbability of such rare coincidences |
| improbable | (adj) not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred, Syn. unlikely, Ant. probable, Example: legislation on the question is highly unlikely; an improbable event |
| improbable | (adj) having a probability too low to inspire belief, Syn. unconvincing, unbelievable, unlikely |
| improbable | (adj) too improbable to admit of belief, Syn. marvellous, tall, marvelous, Example: a tall story |
| Improbability | n.; |
| Improbable | a. [ L. improbabilis; pref. im- not + probabilis probable: cf. F. improbable. See Probable. ] Not probable; unlikely to be true; not to be expected under the circumstances or in the usual course of events; He . . . sent to Elutherius, then bishop of Rome, an improbable letter, as some of the contents discover. Milton. -- |