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English word

unlikely

B1Frequent NGSL-3
UK /ʌnˈlaɪkli/US /ʌnˈlaɪkli/
adjective

not likely to happen; not probable

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2019 Stanford Commencement address by Tim Cook
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Mechanism for a kid on the Gulf Coast to hear these unlikely heroes tell their stories.

2019 Stanford Commencement address by Tim Cook

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the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change—in its latest report states that we are now unlikely to achieve

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Now, typically, things have not been under budget and under time, so it's unlikely—I think given historical precedent—that it will stay within $15 billion and the 2012 timeline.

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