| a. | 1. | Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected; |
| 2. | Not holding out a prospect of success; likely to fail; unpromising; | |
| 3. | Not such as to inspire liking; unattractive; disagreeable. | |
| adv. | 1. | In an unlikely manner. |
| Adj. | 1. | unlikely - not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred; "legislation on the question is highly unlikely"; "an improbable event" Synonyms: improbable |
| 2. | unlikely - has little chance of being the case or coming about; "an unlikely story"; "an unlikely candidate for reelection"; "a butcher is unlikely to preach vegetarianism" Antonyms: likely - has a good chance of being the case or of coming about; "these services are likely to be available to us all before long"; "she is likely to forget"; "a likely place for a restaurant"; "the broken limb is likely to fall"; "rain is likely"; "a likely topic for investigation"; "likely candidates for the job" | |
| 3. | unlikely - having a probability to low to inspire belief |
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