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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

distasteful, doubtable, doubtful, dubious, dubitable, hardly possible, implausible, improbable, inappropriate, inauspicious, inconceivable, incredible, more than doubtful, objectionable, questionable, remote, unacceptable, unattractive, unbecoming, uncongenial, unfit, unfitting, unimaginable, unpromising, unpropitious, unseemly, unsuitable, unthinkable

Dictionary Results for unlikely:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

unlikely
    adj 1: not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred;
           "legislation on the question is highly unlikely"; "an
           improbable event" [syn: improbable, unlikely] [ant:
           likely, probable]
    2: has little chance of being the case or coming about; "an
       unlikely story"; "an unlikely candidate for reelection"; "a
       butcher is unlikely to preach vegetarianism" [ant: likely]
    3: having a probability too low to inspire belief [syn:
       improbable, unbelievable, unconvincing, unlikely]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Unlikely \Un*like"ly\, adv.
   In an unlikely manner.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Unlikely \Un*like"ly\, a.
   1. Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected; as,
      an unlikely event; the thing you mention is very unlikely.
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   2. Not holding out a prospect of success; likely to fail;
      unpromising; as, unlikely means. --Hooker.
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   3. Not such as to inspire liking; unattractive; disagreeable.
      [Obs.] "The unlikely eld of me." --Chaucer.
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