improbable

Universal Words adjective 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