2
odds(chance, possibility, pledge, venture, prospect)
2
one in a million(noun, uncertainty, winner, fluke)
2
poor bet(noun, expression, unknown, doubtfulness, underdog)
2
poor lookout(noun, expression, unknown, doubtfulness, underdog)
2
poor possibility(noun, expression, unknown, doubtfulness, underdog)
2
poor prospect(noun, expression, uncertainty, unknown, underdog)
2
remote possibility(noun, expression, uncertainty, unknown, underdog)
2
shot(guess, chance, pledge, venture, conjecture)
2
unlikelihood(noun, unknown, doubtfulness, underdog, sleeper)
1
action(chance, pledge, venture, stake, gamble)
1
also-ran(noun, unknown, doubtfulness, underdog, sleeper)
1
ambiguous(shaky, unlikely, unpromising)
1
ante(chance, pledge, venture, stake, gamble)
1
aspirant
1
bare possibility
1
boom shot
1
borderline(shaky, unlikely, unpromising)
1
casualty
1
chance(noun, guess, possibility, pledge, venture)
1
chancy(adjective, delicate, uncertain, sensitive, unsettled)
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