unprobableadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈprɒbəbl/, U.S.

/ˌənˈprɑbəb(ə)l/

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and probable adj. and n.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, probable adj.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + probable adj.

†1. Incapable of being proved; unprovable. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > state of being unprovable > [adjective]

unprovable1387

unprobable1532

undeterminable1588

unveritable1589

undemonstrable1593

unwarrantable1612

indeterminable1646

unavouchable1650

undefinable1690

unascertainable1827

unverifiable1861

incorrigible1946

1532 T. More Confut. Tyndales Answere ii. p. cxli When Tyndale hath proued by this vnprobable case, that women maye consecrate the bodye of Cryste.

1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike Ded. sig. ¶3 The vnprobable assertion comprised in your last two Epithetes.

2. Unlikely to be true or to happen; = improbable adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > improbability, unlikeliness > [adjective]

unlikec1450

incredible1482

unlikely1529

unlike1559

improbable1598

unsupposable1650

unprobable1684

weak1853

1560 Proclam. Elizabeth I Peace Fraunce & Scotl. 24 Mar. (single sheet) The princes of the bloude royall, and other estates of Fraunce..haue imagined and intended of them selues such an vniuste, vnprobable, and so daungerous an enterpryse and attempte as this is.

1591 R. W. Martine Mar-Sixtus sig. B2 It be incredible or at least very vnprobable, that so mighty a Prince..should bee slaughtered by the hands of one poore silly Frier.

1684 R. Boyle Exper. Porosity of Bodies vi. 104 I thought it not very unprobable that the great heat..might cleave..some of the Crystalline Fragments.

1795 P. H. T. d'Holbach Christianity Unveiled x. 120 A string of marvellous and unprobable stories.

1836 United Service Jrnl. Dec. 498 It's not at all unprobable but you may hear them to-night.

1917 Atlantic Monthly June 731/1 The prediction of such extraordinary eventualities will no doubt seem fantastic and unprobable to many of my American readers.

2002 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 89 1648/2 Seed dispersal is so reduced that gene flow between populations is unprobable.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unprobable
释义	unprobableadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈprɒbəbl/, U.S. /ˌənˈprɑbəb(ə)l/ Forms: see un- prefix¹ and probable adj. and n. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, probable adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + probable adj. †1. Incapable of being proved; unprovable. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > state of being unprovable > [adjective] unprovable1387 unprobable1532 undeterminable1588 unveritable1589 undemonstrable1593 unwarrantable1612 indeterminable1646 unavouchable1650 undefinable1690 unascertainable1827 unverifiable1861 incorrigible1946 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndales Answere ii. p. cxli When Tyndale hath proued by this vnprobable case, that women maye consecrate the bodye of Cryste. 1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike Ded. sig. ¶3 The vnprobable assertion comprised in your last two Epithetes. 2. Unlikely to be true or to happen; = improbable adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > improbability, unlikeliness > [adjective] unlikec1450 incredible1482 unlikely1529 unlike1559 improbable1598 unsupposable1650 unprobable1684 weak1853 1560 Proclam. Elizabeth I Peace Fraunce & Scotl. 24 Mar. (single sheet) The princes of the bloude royall, and other estates of Fraunce..haue imagined and intended of them selues such an vniuste, vnprobable, and so daungerous an enterpryse and attempte as this is. 1591 R. W. Martine Mar-Sixtus sig. B2 It be incredible or at least very vnprobable, that so mighty a Prince..should bee slaughtered by the hands of one poore silly Frier. 1684 R. Boyle Exper. Porosity of Bodies vi. 104 I thought it not very unprobable that the great heat..might cleave..some of the Crystalline Fragments. 1795 P. H. T. d'Holbach Christianity Unveiled x. 120 A string of marvellous and unprobable stories. 1836 United Service Jrnl. Dec. 498 It's not at all unprobable but you may hear them to-night. 1917 Atlantic Monthly June 731/1 The prediction of such extraordinary eventualities will no doubt seem fantastic and unprobable to many of my American readers. 2002 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 89 1648/2 Seed dispersal is so reduced that gene flow between populations is unprobable. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1532
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