What is the meaning of unlikely?

adjective

  • Not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred.
    • usage: "legislation on the question is highly unlikely"; "an improbable event"
  • Has little chance of being the case or coming about.
    • usage: "an unlikely story"; "an unlikely candidate for reelection"; "a butcher is unlikely to preach vegetarianism"
  • Having a probability too low to inspire belief.
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