Unlikely: meaning in English

Unlikely – definition

adjective
Not likely to happen, be done, or be true; improbable.
Usage examples:
An unlikely explanation
Synonims:
Improbable Not likely Doubtful Dubious Unexpected Beyond belief Implausible Questionable Unconvincing Remote Far-fetched Strained Laboured Unrealistic Incredible Unbelievable Inconceivable Un

adjective
Not expected to happen; not likely
Usage examples:
[ + (that) clause ] it’s unlikely (that) we will ever learn what happened.

Unlikely translation into English

Unlikely: translate from English into Chinese

不太可能, 不会

Unlikely: translate from English into Dutch

Onwaarschijnlijk

Unlikely: translate from English into French

Peu probable, Improbable, Invraisemblable, Peu plausible

Unlikely: translate from English into German

Unwahrscheinlich, Unmöglich, Unglaubwürdig, Aussichtslos, Merkwürdig, Komisch

Unlikely: translate from English into Hindi

संभावना नहीं, असंभाव्य, असंभाव, असम्भाव्य

Unlikely: translate from English into Italian

Improbabile, Inverosimile, Improbabilmente

Unlikely: translate from English into Korean

~할 것 같지 않은, 있을 것 같지 않게, ...할 것 같지 않게, 있음직하지 않은, 가망없는

Unlikely: translate from English into Russian

Вряд ли, Маловероятный, Едва ли, Навряд ли, Невероятный, Неправдоподобный, Малообещающий, Ничего хорошего не обещающий, Непривлекательный

Unlikely: translate from English into Spanish

Improbable

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Unlikely – similar words

unlikeable

adjective
(especially of a person) not likeable.
Usage examples:
A thoroughly unlikeable bully

adjective
An unlikeable person is not pleasant or easy to like
Usage examples:
He is one of the most unlikeable characters in the history of crime fiction., i have no idea why he…

Unlikeable - all meanings in English

unlike

preposition
Different from; not similar to.
Usage examples:
A large house not unlike mr shah's

adjective
Dissimilar or different from each other.
Usage examples:
They seemed utterly unlike, despite being twins

verb
Be regarded with distaste or hostility; be unpopular.
Usage examples:
The article suggests that his character was unliked by many

Unlike - all meanings in English

unlikable

adjective
(especially of a person) not likeable.
Usage examples:
A thoroughly unlikeable bully

Unlikable - all meanings in English

Unlikely synonims

doubtful

adjective
Feeling uncertain about something.
Usage examples:
He looked doubtful, but gave a nod

adjective
Uncertain or unlikely
Usage examples:
[ + (that) clause ] it was doubtful (that) the money would ever be found., she gave me a long, doub…

adjective
Used to describe debts or accounts that are unlikely to be paid
Usage examples:
The company has established an allowance for doubtful accounts based on the credit risk of specific…

Doubtful - all meanings in English

dubious

adjective
Hesitating or doubting.
Usage examples:
I was rather dubious about the whole idea

adjective
Probably not true or not completely true; doubtful
Usage examples:
The team had the dubious distinction of ranking 31st in the league., a dubious character

Dubious - all meanings in English

far-fetched

adjective
Difficult to believe and unlikely to be true
Usage examples:
Her story about being chased away from school by wolves seems pretty far-fetched.

Far-fetched - all meanings in English

implausible

adjective
(of an argument or statement) not seeming reasonable or probable; failing to convince.
Usage examples:
This is a blatantly implausible claim

Implausible - all meanings in English

improbable

adjective
Not likely to be true or to happen.
Usage examples:
This account of events was seen by the jury as most improbable

adjective
Not likely to be true or to happen; not probable
Usage examples:
An improbable excuse

Improbable - all meanings in English

inconceivable

adjective
Not capable of being imagined or grasped mentally; unbelievable.
Usage examples:
They behaved with inconceivable cruelty

Inconceivable - all meanings in English

incredible

adjective
Impossible to believe.
Usage examples:
An almost incredible tale of triumph and tragedy

adjective
Impossible or very difficult to believe
Usage examples:
She showed incredible courage and determination in coming back from her injuries to compete again a…

Incredible - all meanings in English

laboured

adjective
Done with great effort and difficulty.
Usage examples:
His breathing was laboured

verb
Work hard; make great effort.
Usage examples:
They laboured from dawn to dusk

adjective
Needing a lot of effort, often because someone is tired
Usage examples:
Her breathing was heavy and laboured., a laboured joke

Laboured - all meanings in English

questionable

adjective
Doubtful as regards truth or validity.
Usage examples:
It is questionable whether any of these exceptions is genuine

Questionable - all meanings in English

remote

adjective
(of a place) situated far from the main centres of population; distant.
Usage examples:
The valley is remote from the usual tourist routes

noun
Having very little connection with or relationship to.
Usage examples:
The theory seems rather intellectual and remote from everyday experience

adjective
Far away in distance, time, or relation; not close
Usage examples:
Ben grew up in a remote part of montana., it happened in the remote past., there is a remote possib…

Remote - all meanings in English

strained

adjective
Showing signs of nervous tension or tiredness.
Usage examples:
Jean's pale, strained face

verb
Force (a part of one's body or oneself) to make an unusually great effort.
Usage examples:
I stopped and listened, straining my ears for any sound

adjective
Nervous, worried, or having problems
Usage examples:
She had a strained expression on her face., a strained knee

Strained - all meanings in English

un

juːˈɛn

contraction
One.
Usage examples:
A good 'un

prefix
(added to adjectives, participles, and their derivatives) denoting the absence of a quality or state; not.
Usage examples:
Unabashed

prefix
(added to verbs) denoting the reversal or cancellation of an action or state.
Usage examples:
Untie

Un - all meanings in English

unbelievable

adjective
Not able to be believed; unlikely to be true.
Usage examples:
Unbelievable or not, it happened

Unbelievable - all meanings in English

unconvincing

adjective
Failing to make someone believe that something is true or valid.
Usage examples:
She felt the lie was unconvincing

adjective
If an explanation or story is unconvincing, it does not sound or seem true or real
Usage examples:
They gave some unconvincing explanations for the system failure., the dialogue was unconvincing, pa…

Unconvincing - all meanings in English

unexpected

adjective
Not expected or regarded as likely to happen.
Usage examples:
His death was totally unexpected

adjective
Not expected; surprising
Usage examples:
What an unexpected treat to meet you here!

Unexpected - all meanings in English

unrealistic

adjective
Not realistic.
Usage examples:
It was unrealistic to expect changes to be made overnight

adjective
Not reasonable, or not likely to be achieved
Usage examples:
We’re placing unrealistic demands on our schools.

Unrealistic - all meanings in English

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