improbability

The quality or state of being improbable; unlikelihood.

Noun

  1. The quality or state of being improbable; unlikelihood.
  2. That which is improbable; an improbable event or result.
    • "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...

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English im- English probability English improbability From im- + probability.

Forms

improbabilities