Associations to the word «Unlikely»
Noun
Adjective
- Camp
- Biased
- Imminent
- Suggested
- Inaccurate
- Predicted
- Considered
- Realistic
- Chance
- Possible
- Absurd
- Unclear
- Definitive
- Correct
- Assuming
- Unrelated
- Attack
- Harmful
- Bizarre
- Gated
- Compelling
- Unexpected
- Undone
- Inconvenient
- Dietary
- Observable
- Suspect
- Intentional
- Questionable
- Very
- Forthcoming
- Sufficient
- Beneficial
- Stealth
- Meaningful
- Significant
- Worthwhile
Verb
Wiktionary
UNLIKELY, adjective. Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected.
UNLIKELY, adjective. Not holding out a prospect of success; likely to fail; unpromising.
UNLIKELY, adverb. In an improbable manner.
UNLIKELY, noun. Something or somebody considered unlikely.
Dictionary definition
UNLIKELY, adjective. Not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred; "legislation on the question is highly unlikely"; "an improbable event".
UNLIKELY, adjective. 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".
UNLIKELY, adjective. Having a probability too low to inspire belief.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.