| odds(chance, possibility, pledge, venture, prospect) |
| one in a million(noun, uncertainty, winner, fluke) |
| poor bet(noun, expression, unknown, doubtfulness, underdog) |
| poor lookout(noun, expression, unknown, doubtfulness, underdog) |
| poor possibility(noun, expression, unknown, doubtfulness, underdog) |
| poor prospect(noun, expression, uncertainty, unknown, underdog) |
| remote possibility(noun, expression, uncertainty, unknown, underdog) |
| shot(guess, chance, pledge, venture, conjecture) |
| unlikelihood(noun, unknown, doubtfulness, underdog, sleeper) |
| action(chance, pledge, venture, stake, gamble) |
| also-ran(noun, unknown, doubtfulness, underdog, sleeper) |
| ambiguous(shaky, unlikely, unpromising) |
| ante(chance, pledge, venture, stake, gamble) |
| aspirant |
| bare possibility |
| boom shot |
| borderline(shaky, unlikely, unpromising) |
| casualty |
| chance(noun, guess, possibility, pledge, venture) |
| chancy(adjective, delicate, uncertain, sensitive, unsettled) |