improbability

improbable | American Dictionary

improbable
adjective
us/ɪmˈprɑb·ə·bəl/
not likely to be true or to happen; not probable:
an improbable excuse

improbability

noun[ C/U ]us/ɪmˌprɑb·əˈbɪl·ɪ·t̬i/

improbably

adverbus/ɪmˈprɑb·ə·bli/

Examples of improbable

improbable
This is so improbable that it can be dismissed as part of a viable explanation.
However, it is improbable that differences in phenotype were created during the production of clones, in fact the opposite is expected.
However, "improvements" in ordinary housekeeping functions of the hominid isocortex are equally improbable as selective agents responsible for its expansion.
No definitive credible evidence of assassination has been found, and it is highly improbable that there was any such attempt.
And every improbable, inconceivable, and amazing thing does happen, whence the stories which form the legacy of all our catastrophes and pain.
But she achieved the improbable feat of spanning three centuries, having been born in 1899 and dying in 2001.
Certain forms of melodrama might be improbable, but were acceptable so long as they had such a moral.
In science, controlled experiments sharply delimit what is considered highly probable and what is considered highly improbable.
The parallelism is easy to formulate : just as living things are complex and highly improbable, so the universe is complex and highly improbable.
There is no sharp dividing line between probable and improbable results.
In other words, the function of this model is to limit the improbable tag sequences, rather than finding names.
In contrast, disagreement on core issues seems improbable among competent practitioners because such issues are easily resolved.
Given such revolutionary developments, it is highly improbable that patterns of crime and criminality and the measures taken to counteract them would be unaffected.
These "debts may be compromising or corrupting," and impartiality may become an improbable ideal for the insider-ethicist.
In any case, historians do not have the luxury of ignoring the improbable out of hand.
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