improbable

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im·prob·a·ble / imˈpräbəbəl/ • adj. not likely to be true or to happen: this account of events was seen by the jury as most improbable. ∎  unexpected and apparently inauthentic: the characters have improbable names.DERIVATIVES: im·prob·a·bil·i·ty / -ˌpräbəˈbilitē/ n. (pl. -ties) im·prob·a·bly / -blē/ adv.

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