as in unlikely
not likely to be true or to occur
it seems improbable that the two writers never met since they traveled in the same social circles
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Recent Examples of improbable
Getting the go-ahead for this sort of show seems even more improbable today than in decades past given all the security guardrails at schools now.
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Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 1 Apr. 2026
That call kicked off one of the most improbable events in rock history, a completely unknown singer from the Philippines fronting one of the most popular bands on the planet.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2026
Earlier Tuesday afternoon UConn head coach Dan Hurley downplayed his aggressive standoff with official Roger Ayers after the Huskies improbable win over the Duke Blue Devils.
—Andrew McCarty, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
But Viktor Arvidsson, who assisted on all three regulation goals and is proving to be a fantastic acquisition, beat Greaves on a backhander to cash the two highly improbable points.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 30 Mar. 2026
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Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 1 Apr. 2026
That call kicked off one of the most improbable events in rock history, a completely unknown singer from the Philippines fronting one of the most popular bands on the planet.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2026
Earlier Tuesday afternoon UConn head coach Dan Hurley downplayed his aggressive standoff with official Roger Ayers after the Huskies improbable win over the Duke Blue Devils.
—Andrew McCarty, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
But Viktor Arvidsson, who assisted on all three regulation goals and is proving to be a fantastic acquisition, beat Greaves on a backhander to cash the two highly improbable points.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 30 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for improbable
unlikely
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Another surgery swapped out her breast implants to erase her shoulder pain in 2022, Dishell said, but doctors warned her then that her other pain was unlikely to improve.—
Brett Kelman,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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But McKinnon, who runs the $14 billion digital identity management company Okta, adds that CEOs are unlikely to get the answer from their in-house IT experts.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Improbable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/improbable. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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