unlikely
B1Frequent NGSL-3UK /ʌnˈlaɪkli/US /ʌnˈlaɪkli/
Meaning
adjective
not likely to happen; not probable
“unlikely to do something, The project seemed unlikely to succeed.”
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“it's unlikely I think given historical”
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“no mechanism for a kid on the Gulf Coast to hear these unlikely heroes tell their stories Greenwich Village may as well have been a different planet though I can tell you”
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