improbability
pronunciation
How to pronounce improbability in British English:
UK [ɪmˌprɒbə'bɪlətɪ]
How to pronounce improbability in American English:
US [ɪmˌprɒbə'bɪlətɪ]
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- Noun:
- the quality of being improbable
Word Origin
- improbability (n.)
- 1590s, "fact or quality of being improbably;" see improbable + -ity. Meaning "an instance of something improbable" is from 1610s.
Example
- 1. Impossibility should never be confused with improbability .
- 2. We stood giggling at such an improbability .
- 3. The improbability of a specified outcome .
- 4. The state of being unlikely or improbable ; improbability .
- 5. When we engaged the improbability drive ...... the big button .