as in unlikelihood
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Recent Examples of unlikeliness
The sheer unlikeliness of the find (what would these creatures eat, after all?) cast doubt in the minds of some scientists that this is the organisms' true habitat.
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Andrew Moseman, Discover Magazine, 16 Mar. 2010
Highlighting the sheer unlikeliness of any book lasting for centuries, de Hamel shows how each of his subjects helped to preserve manuscripts for future generations, and finds in their stories hope for the survival of these unique works in the digital age and beyond.
—The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
When the sun dipped beneath the mountains and the glare subsided, the lake’s colors deepened and the unlikeliness of it all seemed to double.
—Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023
Acoustics experts, however, were quick to point out the unlikeliness of such an attack.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Mar. 2018
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Andrew Moseman, Discover Magazine, 16 Mar. 2010
Highlighting the sheer unlikeliness of any book lasting for centuries, de Hamel shows how each of his subjects helped to preserve manuscripts for future generations, and finds in their stories hope for the survival of these unique works in the digital age and beyond.
—The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
When the sun dipped beneath the mountains and the glare subsided, the lake’s colors deepened and the unlikeliness of it all seemed to double.
—Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023
Acoustics experts, however, were quick to point out the unlikeliness of such an attack.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Mar. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unlikeliness
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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
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The story of Sara’s alleged suicide is a cascade of low-probability events blurring together in a pool of statistical unlikelihood.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacramento Bee,
26 Jan. 2025
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“Unlikeliness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unlikeliness. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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