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improbability
[ im-prob-uh-bil-i-tee, im-prob- ]
noun
- the quality or condition of being improbable; unlikelihood.
- something improbable or unlikely.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of improbability1
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Example Sentences
Winking at the improbability of the framing device doesn’t make it any more believable.
In terms of sheer improbability, I don’t know what the in-race equivalent is of getting a rusty nail shot into your leg by an unwitting cyclist.
Besides, the Dalai Lama had already laughed about its improbability.
Improbability of this sort is the stuff that makes for reasonable doubt.
But the sheer improbability of running along the Gulf—scene of so much international attention—adds unusual interest.
The sheer improbability of running along the Gulf—scene of so much international attention—adds unusual interest.
The improbability of it struck Nina as she went to and fro in the inner room, preparing their supper.
Certainly the habits of his later life would not have made such a result an improbability.
At every point he was baffled by the wild improbability of the facts that he had discovered.
At length the night began to close in, and the guides talked of the improbability of reaching the English station before night.
On the other hand its intrinsic improbability is so great, that it can hardly be accepted without cogent evidence.
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