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adamant |
unlikely to change in response to any request or argument; firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. [1/3 definitions] |
benedict |
a newly married man, esp. one who was previously thought unlikely to marry. |
cock-and-bull story |
an improbable, absurd, or unlikely story. |
dim |
unlikely or unfavorable. [1/9 definitions] |
doubt |
to be uncertain about or believe unlikely. [1/6 definitions] |
far-fetched |
improbable or unlikely; exaggerated; irrelevant. |
futile |
unlikely to produce or incapable of producing a desired result; ineffective; useless. [1/2 definitions] |
hypoallergenic |
unlikely to cause an allergic reaction. |
improbability |
the condition or state of being unlikely to occur. [2 definitions] |
improbable |
unlikely to occur or to be true. |
kludge |
(slang) a clumsy, but successful, computer system improvised by combining unlikely parts. |
let alone |
much less (used to add to one's statement an element that is highly unlikely given the fact just stated). |
much less |
let alone (used to add to one's statement an element that is highly unlikely given the fact just stated). |
nonsense |
used in response to something considered absurd, ridiculous, or highly unlikely to be true. [1/4 definitions] |
out in left field |
(informal) a position or opinion that is untenable, unlikely, or wrong. |
outside |
unlikely; improbable. [1/10 definitions] |
pen pal |
a person who exchanges letters regularly with someone else usu. living so far away that a personal meeting is unlikely. |
preposterous |
totally unlikely, unbelievable, or senseless; absurd. |
should |
used to express the possibility of something happening although it is considered very unlikely (used in conditional clauses beginning with "if," or at the beginning of a clause, inverting with the subject, but having the same meaning as if the clause began with "if"). [1/5 definitions] |
stalemate |
any situation in which a further action, offer, or the like is impossible or unlikely; deadlock. [1/4 definitions] |
steady |
unlikely to change; firmly established. [1/11 definitions] |
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