Dictionary Entry
unlikely
unlikely is a 8-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected; as, an unlikely event; the thing you mention is very unlikely. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 18 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected; as, an unlikely event; the thing you mention is very unlikely.
- 2adjective
Not holding out a prospect of success; likely to fail; unpromising; as, unlikely means.
- 3adjective
Not such as to inspire liking; unattractive; disagreeable.
- 4adverb
In an unlikely manner.
- 5adjective
has little chance of being the case or coming about
"an unlikely story"
"an unlikely candidate for reelection"
- 6adjective
not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred
"legislation on the question is highly unlikely"
"an improbable event"
Synonyms
- 7adjective
having a probability too low to inspire belief
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