improbability
English
Etymology
From im- + probability.
Noun
improbability (countable and uncountable, plural improbabilities)
- The quality or state of being improbable; unlikelihood.
- That which is improbable; an improbable event or result.
- 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter X, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 130:
- "I really," returned the other with a sneer, "cannot agree about probabilities or improbabilities, but I know what the generality will think when they see a gentleman constantly with five very pretty girls, and I also know what they will say."
Translations
unlikelihood
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that which is improbable
References
- “improbability”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “improbability”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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