Collocations for "unlikely"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "unlikely" in context.
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unlikely
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- an unlikely [story, excuse, account, tale]
- an unlikely [event, result, outcome, decision, scenario, choice]
- an unlikely [forerunner, candidate, winner, ally]
- [rain, sunshine, snow] is unlikely
- is unlikely [today, this week, in the near future]
- the [chances, odds, probabilities] are unlikely
- the [chances] of it [happening, occurring] are unlikely
- has an unlikely [chance] of [winning, finishing, getting, being]
- received the unlikely [support, backing] of
- it is unlikely (that) she will [pass, come, visit]
- I find it unlikely that
- it seems unlikely that
- I still think that it's unlikely that
- [quite, rather, pretty, highly, extremely] unlikely
- in the unlikely event of [crash, water landing]
- is an unlikely [setting, background] for
- has emerged as an unlikely [candidate, possibility]
'unlikely' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):