as in unlikelihood
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Noun
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Further dimming the prospects of peace is the unlikelihood that any of the developments that could change Putin’s calculus will materialize.—
Richard Haass,
Foreign Affairs,
10 June 2022 -
The unlikelihood of this turn of events—a niece being the first to find her uncle’s corpse—dissipates into the dynamic of the call: Shula’s bored, patient matter-of-factness, her father’s jolly, scattershot drunkenness.—
Namwali Serpell,
The New Yorker,
25 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The unlikeliness of such a contemporary saint has led to a staggering amount of enthusiasm for Carlo’s cause.—
Emily Harnett,
Harpers Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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Ball, 27, isn’t just fighting against the unlikeliness of his knee recovery.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Improbability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/improbability. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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