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   improbable

   /ɪmˈprɒbəbl/

   adjective

   • 1. not likely to be true or to happen: "this account of events was seen by the jury as most improbable" Similar unlikelynot likelydoubtfuldubiousdebatablequestionableuncertaindifficult to believeimplausiblefar-fetchedfancifulunthinkableinconceivableunimaginableunimaginedincredibleOpposite probablecertain
   • ▪ unexpected and apparently inauthentic: "the characters have improbable names" Similar inauthenticunconvincingunbelievableincredibleridiculousabsurdpreposterouscontrivedlabouredstrainedforcedinformal:hard to swallowOpposite believablerealistic

   Word Origin late 16th century: from French, or from Latin improbabilis ‘hard to prove’, from in- ‘not’ + probabilis (see probable).

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