unlikely

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

adjective

1. not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred (Freq. 5)
- legislation on the question is highly unlikely
- an improbable event
• Syn:
improbable
• Ant:
probable (for: improbable)
• Similar to:
supposed
• Derivationally related forms:
unlikeliness, improbableness (for: improbable), improbability (for: improbable)
2. has little chance of being the case or coming about (Freq. 5)
- an unlikely story
- an unlikely candidate for reelection
- a butcher is unlikely to preach vegetarianism
• Ant:
likely
• Similar to:
farfetched, implausible, last, outside, remote
• Derivationally related forms:
unlikeliness
• Attrubites:
likelihood, likeliness
3. having a probability too low to inspire belief
• Syn:
improbable, unbelievable, unconvincing
• Similar to:
implausible
• Derivationally related forms:
unlikeliness, improbableness (for: improbable)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  improbable, unbelievable, unconvincing
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  likely, probable