long odds

noun

: a poor chance of winning

The team has made some major improvements, but they still face long odds.

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The jackpot, which ranks as the eighth largest in U.S. lottery history, has grown so large because the long odds of 1 in 292.2 million make winning so difficult. —CBS News, 6 Apr. 2024

The book is said to be about the long odds Davis faced in making the NFL. —Antonio Planas, NBC News, 1 Apr. 2024

Here are three reasons a bid from Neumann could face long odds: Neumann’s worthless WeWork equity gives him less power in the bankruptcy than creditors. —Peter Cohan, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024

Kelly faces long odds in his battle to topple his conviction, as federal appeals courts only overturn a small percentage of the convictions that are appealed each year. —Bill Donahue, Billboard, 18 Mar. 2024

Lee wanted wealth and stability, not to scrabble around in obscurity hoping to beat impossibly long odds. —Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2024

Given the Giants already possess three left-handed hitting outfielders in Jung Hoo Lee, Mike Yastrzemski and Michael Conforto, Meckler faced long odds to make the roster despite his rapid rise through the minors last season. —Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2024

The Bills were 5-5 in mid-November and faced long odds just to make the playoffs. —Alanis Thames, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2024

Going forward, analysts still give Garvey, a former Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres first baseman and World Series star, long odds for November in heavily Democratic California. —John Woolfolk, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2024