unlikely

Definition of Unlikely in English :

1. improbable, unlikely

not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred

Example Sentences:
'legislation on the question is highly unlikely'
'an improbable event'

2. unlikely

has little chance of being the case or coming about

Example Sentences:
'an unlikely story'
'an unlikely candidate for reelection'
'a butcher is unlikely to preach vegetarianism'

having a probability too low to inspire belief

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Unlikely

adjective

not likely; improbable

adjective

1.

not likely to happen or be true; improbable

2.

not likely to succeed; not promising

adverb

3.

improbably

he may, not unlikely, join us

adj. un·like·li·er, un·like·li·est

1. Not likely; improbable.

2. Not promising; likely to fail.