Improbability
[ɪm,prɑbə'bɪləti]
Definition
(noun.) the quality of being improbable; 'impossibility should never be confused with improbability'; 'the improbability of such rare coincidences'.
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Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being improbable; unlikelihood; also, that which is improbable; an improbable event or result.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Unlikelihood.
Edited by Augustus
Examples
- The middle ages were times of improbability, not of impossibility, for but little was known of the geographical world. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- How do we separate this impossibility from an improbability? David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Consider the improbability. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- But at any rate I have shown, have I not, that there is a certain element of improbability about the lady's story? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Fifthly, the wages of labour in different employments vary according to the probability or improbability of success in them. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- What a tissue of mysteries and improbabilities the whole thing was! Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
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