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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the quality of being improbable;
- Example: "impossibility should never be confused with improbability"
- Example: "the improbability of such rare coincidences"
[syn: improbability, improbableness]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Improbable \Im*prob"a*ble\, a. [L. improbabilis; pref. im- not + probabilis probable: cf. F. improbable. See Probable.] Not probable; unlikely to be true; not to be expected under the circumstances or in the usual course of events; as, an improbable story or event. [1913 Webster] He . . . sent to Elutherius, then bishop of Rome, an improbable letter, as some of the contents discover. --Milton. -- Im*prob"a*ble*ness, n. -- Im*prob"a*bly, adv. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

improbableness n 1: the quality of being improbable; "impossibility should never be confused with improbability"; "the improbability of such rare coincidences" [syn: improbability, improbableness] [ant: probability]