Synonym: improbable, unbelievable, unconvincing. Similar words: unlike, likely, likelihood, like, and the like, likewise, feel like, something like. Meaning: [ʌnˈlaɪklɪ] adj. 1. not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred 2. has little chance of being the case or coming about 3. having a probability too low to inspire belief.
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241, On my birth certificate it states that I was born in Oban, which seems an unlikely place for the second coming.
242, This suggests that such indices are unlikely to provide useful markers for the identification of colorectal cancer risk as previously proposed.
243, When someone is in your heart, they're never truly gone. They can come back to you, even at unlikely times. Mitch Albom
244, As unlikely as it sounds, this combination of the spontaneous and the studied blends beautifully into an agile, exotic hybrid.
244, Sentencedict.com try its best to gather and make good sentences.
245, Note that eurobonds are unlikely to attract tax exempt investors such as pension funds, given the lower yield associated with bearer status.
246, We are unlikely to find the body of a bird that drops dead off its perch in a bush.
247, Guided by an unlikely visionary named Walt, the artists at Disney did more than create an enduring new art form.
248, The latter he created specially to depict Alain, a very particular role which was unlikely to appear in any other ballet.
249, However, there are many public sector organizations which are unlikely to adopt current cost accounting.
250, Union sources thought last night that an all-out strike was unlikely, although various forms of non-co-operation might be considered.
251, At least at first, sharing a double bed is unlikely to be comfortable or practical for either patient or carer.
252, And now we have the unlikely and not altogether pretty sight of Bob Dole tearing up in public like a road-company Pagliacci.
253, Fukuyama is unlikely to attach much weight to Liberation theology, which he would no doubt classify as a doomed subspecies of Marxism-Leninism.
254, Besides, it is highly unlikely that a murderer would attend his victim's funeral.
255, Stephen admits he's unlikely to realise his lifelong ambition of playing for Aston Villa.
256, Unfortunately this is a commitment which is unlikely to be supported by higher pay or additional allowances.
257, The other strand of the community's policy, a carbon tax, now looks unlikely to be approved by ministers.
258, Whatever swells as a result, it's unlikely to be the Mellor bosom.
259, It is thus unlikely that the road would be constructed without substantial assistance from the Department of Transport.
260, The authors indicate therefore that excesses of prostatic cancer in industrial workforces are unlikely to be due to external radiation.
261, Calling cold on big company buyers is unlikely to be successful, however.
262, It also seems unlikely, despite long-held traditional belief, that the birth took place in Bethlehem.
263, It was already half-past twelve and unlikely that the lads had taken three hours buying bread.