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[ im-prob-uh-bil-i-tee, im-prob- ] / ɪmˌprɒb əˈbɪl ɪ ti, ˌɪm prɒb- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR improbability ON THESAURUS.COM
noun, plural im·prob·a·bil·i·ties for 2. the quality or condition of being improbable; unlikelihood. something improbable or unlikely. Origin of improbabilityFirst recorded in 1590–1600; improbable + -ity Words nearby improbabilityimprimis, imprint, imprinter, imprinting, imprison, improbability, improbable, improbity, impromptu, improper, improper fraction Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for improbabilityBesides, the Dalai Lama had already laughed about its improbability. From Fashion Player to Photographer Monk|Nina Strochlic|December 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST Improbability of this sort is the stuff that makes for reasonable doubt. The DSK Rush to Judgment|Gerald L. Shargel|July 1, 2011|DAILY BEAST Dick, indeed, would not again deny her request; but had he not reckoned on the improbability of her renewing it? Only its improbability is not so extremely great as to make it useless to consider the evidence in its favour. The Truth of Christianity|William Harry Turton
The passage is evidently torn from its context and has been much abbreviated in order to accentuate its improbability. In Northern Mists (Volume 1 of 2)|Fridtjof Nansen One writer comments ambiguously, in guarded language, suggesting the improbability of the horrible practices alleged by Grant. Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist|Alexander Berkman If it be unavoidable, however, it should be outside the tragedy, like the improbability in the Oedipus of Sophocles.
Words related to improbabilitydoubtfulness, uncertainty, impossibility, rarity, implausibility |