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[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]