improbable

[US]/ɪm'prɒbəb(ə)l/

[UK]/ɪm'prɑbəbl/

Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. unlikely to happen; not likely to be true; not probable

It is improbable that she will go.

a wildly improbable idea

her story is an improbable concoction.

the characters have improbable names.

There is nothing inherently improbable in the idea.

These new facts make the theory improbable.

The film tells the improbable story of a monkey that becomes a politician.

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