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improbability

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im·prob·a·bil·i·ty  (m-prb-bl-t)
n. pl. im·prob·a·bil·i·ties
1. The quality or condition of being improbable.
2. Something improbable.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.improbability - the quality of being improbable; "impossibility should never be confused with improbability"; "the improbability of such rare coincidences"
uncertainness, uncertainty, precariousness - being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance; "the uncertainty of the outcome"; "the precariousness of his income"
unlikelihood, unlikeliness - the improbability of a specified outcome
probability - the quality of being probable; a probable event or the most probable event; "for a while mutiny seemed a probability"; "going by past experience there was a high probability that the visitors were lost"

improbability
noun unlikelihood, uncertainty, dubiety, doubtfulness, unthinkability the improbability of such an outcome
Translations
improbability [ɪmˌprɒbəˈbɪlɪtɪ] N (= unlikelihood) → improbabilidad f; (= implausibility) → inverosimilitud f
improbability [ɪmˌprɒbəˈbɪlɪti] n (= unlikeliness) → caractère m improbable
the improbability of such an outcome → le caractère improbable d'une telle issue
improbability
improbability [ɪmˌprɒbəˈbɪlɪtɪ] n (see adj) → improbabilità, inverosimiglianza
improbability [ɪmˌprɒbəˈbɪlɪtɪ] n (see adj) → improbabilità, inverosimiglianza


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The improbability of the attempt may be satisfactorily inferred from this single reflection, that it could never be made without causing an immediate revolt of the great body of the people, headed and directed by the State governments.
She might be defined, I reflected, as The Woman Who Is Worthy Of Us; but the improbability which every healthily conceited young man must feel of ever finding such a one made the definition seem a little unserviceable.
The improbability of such a mercenary and perfidious combination of the several members of government, standing on as different foundations as republican principles will well admit, and at the same time accountable to the society over which they are placed, ought alone to quiet this apprehension.
 
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