improbability

English

Etymology

From im- +‎ probability.

Noun

improbability (countable and uncountable, plural improbabilities)

1. The quality or state of being improbable; unlikelihood.
2. That which is improbable; an improbable event or result.
   • 1842, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Lady Anne Granard, volume 1, 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

• Bulgarian: невероятност f (neverojatnost)
• Catalan: improbabilitat f
• Galician: improbabilidade (gl) f
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• Hungarian: valószínűtlenség
• Irish: neamhdhóchúlacht f, andóigh f
• Japanese: 低確率 (teikakuritsu)
• Spanish: improbabilidad (es) f

that which is improbable

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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.