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UNLIKELIHOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unlikelihood mean? 

UNLIKELIHOOD (noun)
  The noun UNLIKELIHOOD has 1 sense:

1. the improbability of a specified outcomeplay

  Familiarity information: UNLIKELIHOOD used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UNLIKELIHOOD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The improbability of a specified outcome

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

unlikelihood; unlikeliness

Hypernyms ("unlikelihood" is a kind of...):

improbability; improbableness (the quality of being improbable)

Antonym:

likelihood (the probability of a specified outcome)


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