unlikely
Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expectedNot likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected.
» Tom is unlikely to eat much.
Том вряд ли много съест. — marafon
Том вряд ли много ест. — marafon
Навряд чи Том багато їстиме. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 sensesNot likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected.
It is pretty unlikely that you'll win, but I will pray that at least you do well.
In the highly unlikely event of landing in water, lifejackets are stored under the seat.
unwahrscheinlich
маловероя́тныйmaloverojátnyj
Not holding out a prospect of success; likely to fail; unpromising.
unlikely means
- has little chance of being the case or coming about
- not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred
- having a probability too low to inspire belief
Examples
841 sentencesTom is unlikely to eat much.
Навряд чи Том багато їстиме. — deniko
ruТом вряд ли много съест. — marafon
Tom is unlikely to do that.
Том навряд чи це зробить. — deniko
Tom will unlikely do that today.
Навряд чи Том це сьогодні зробить. — deniko
ruВряд ли Том это сегодня сделает. — marafon
Tom is very unlikely to lose.
Дуже малоймовірно, що Том програє. — deniko
It's unlikely Tom will do that.
Навряд чи Том це зробить. — deniko
ruВряд ли Том это сделает. — marafon
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English unlykely, unlikly, unlykly, unlicli. By surface analysis, un- + likelyFrom Middle English unlykely, unlikly, unlykly, unlicli. By surface analysis, un- + likely.
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Forms
unlikelier/more unlikely, unlikeliest/most unlikely| Comparative | unlikelier / more unlikely Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | unlikeliest / most unlikely Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
3 synonyms- not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred:improbable
- having a probability too low to inspire belief:improbableunbelievableunconvincing
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
Collocations
12 patterns- highly unlikely
- is unlikely to
- highly unlikely that
- very unlikely to
- was very unlikely
- unlikely to do
- very unlikely that
- unlikely to cry
- unlikely to win
- unlikely to happen
- unlikely to want
- unlikely to be