Origin of improbable
Classical Latin improbabilis- The idea that the sun spins around the Earth is an example of something that would be described as a improbable idea.
- When they are calling for a 90 percent chance of rain, this is an example of a time when sunshine is improbable.
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improbable

adjective
Related Forms:
- im·prob′a·ble·ness
noun
- im·prob′a·bly
adverb
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(comparative more improbable, superlative most improbable)
- Not likely to be true.
- It's highly improbable that aliens abducted you.
- Not likely to happen.
- Due to the loss of power, it is improbable that we will begin on time.
From Middle French improbable, from im- + probable
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Sentence Examples
- One hears such improbable wonders about you.
- It is improbable that he meant his order to be literally executed, it is not certain that he knew they had taken the oath of allegiance to him.
- But it may perhaps be considered improbable that organs like the wings, having once been lost, should have been reacquired on the large scale suggested by the theory just put forward.
- It is not improbable that these chapters are based on an earlier Jewish writing.
- The crops chiefly cultivated were wheat, millet, barley, beans and lentils; to which it is supposed, on grounds not improbable, may be added rice and cotton.
WORDS NEAR improbable IN THE DICTIONARY
- improbable
- imprisons
- impro
- improbabilities