unlikeliness

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noun

The property of being unlikely, improbability.

Similar
unlikelihood
Opposite
likeliness
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Meanings

noununlikeliness (countable and uncountable, plural unlikelinesses)

plural unlikelinesses

  1. countableuncountableThe property of being unlikely, improbability.

    Synonyms: unlikelihood

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe property of being unlikely, improbability.

Similar
unlikelihood

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe improbability of a specified outcome

Similar
unlikelihood
Opposite
likeliness
Broader
improbabilityimprobableness
Also see
unlikelihood

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From unlikely + -ness.

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Translations

Catalan inversemblança
  • inversemblançaproperty of being unlikely
French invraisemblance
  • invraisemblanceproperty of being unlikely
Cite this entry
APA

unlikeliness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unlikeliness

MLA

“unlikeliness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unlikeliness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unlikeliness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unlikeliness.

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