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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 outcome
Familiarity information: UNLIKELIHOOD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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