1 ~ (that...) not likely to be true or to happen:
an improbable story / plot * It seems improbable that the current situation will continue. * It all sounded highly improbable. * in the improbable event of the Green Party winning
OPPPROBABLE
2 seeming strange because it is not what you would expect:
Her hair was an improbable shade of yellow.
improbability noun [U,C]:
the improbability of finding them alive * statistical improbability
improbably adverb:
He claimed, improbably, that he had never been there. * an improbably happy end
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is improbable a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, improbable is tagged as adjective.
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