UNLIKELY

• (adj.) 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"

• (adj.) not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred

  "legislation on the question is highly unlikely", "an improbable event"

  synonyms : improbable

• (adj.) having a probability too low to inspire belief

  synonyms : improbable , unbelievable , unconvincing

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