improbable

adjective

im·prob·a·ble (ˌ)im-ˈprä-bə-bəl

-ˈpräb-bəl

Synonyms of improbable next

: unlikely to be true or to occur

also : unlikely but real or true

improbability

(ˌ)im-ˌprä-bə-ˈbi-lə-tē

noun

improbably

(ˌ)im-ˈprä-bə-blē

-ˈpräb-blē

adverb

Examples of improbable in a Sentence

The team made an improbable comeback. it seems improbable that the two writers never met since they traveled in the same social circles

Recent Examples on the Web Among the 28 schools in 14 divisions and dozens of high school football players attending Monday’s Southern Section championship luncheon on Monday in Long Beach, few had a more improbable story than Simi Valley senior quarterback Jesse Sereno. —

Iliana Limón Romero, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2023 So, grab some strappy sandals for a reverent geek-stroll through how this improbable pop opus came together. —

Jamie Bryan, Rolling Stone, 16 Nov. 2023 Catching up with these companies, among the most dominant in tech, is improbable and ultimately fruitless, Li argued. —

Paolo Confino, Fortune, 15 Nov. 2023 There were, of course, images that might be described as deepfakes, of politicians and other public figures in improbable situations. —

Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023 Miami Hurricanes coach Mario Cristobal had no excuses for the play-calling during the improbable loss to Georgia Tech on Saturday night. —

Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 10 Oct. 2023 The improbable effort would require the Treasury Department to defer repayment for several years of a $700 million loan provided to Yellow under a Covid pandemic-era bailout, one of several debts that helped push one of the country’s biggest truckers into collapse earlier this year. —

Paul Berger, WSJ, 8 Nov. 2023 An undefeated finish, while improbable considering USC’s recent struggles, will have the Trojans (7-2, 5-1 Pac-12) into the conference title game. —

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