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Meaning of "unlikelihood" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNLIKELIHOOD

unlikelihood  [ʌnˈlaɪklɪhʊd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNLIKELIHOOD

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unlikelihood is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNLIKELIHOOD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unlikelihood in the English dictionary

The definition of unlikelihood in the dictionary is the quality of being improbable.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNLIKELIHOOD


adulthood
ˈædʌltˌhʊd
babyhood
ˈbeɪbɪhʊd
boyhood
ˈbɔɪhʊd
brotherhood
ˈbrʌðəˌhʊd
childhood
ˈtʃaɪldhʊd
fatherhood
ˈfɑːðəˌhʊd
gawkihood
ˈɡɔːkɪhʊd
hobbledehoyhood
ˌhɒbəldɪˈhɔɪhʊd
hood
hʊd
kinglihood
ˈkɪŋlɪhʊd
likelihood
ˈlaɪklɪˌhʊd
livelihood
ˈlaɪvlɪˌhʊd
manhood
ˈmænhʊd
motherhood
ˈmʌðəˌhʊd
neighborhood
ˈneɪbəˌhʊd
neighbourhood
ˈneɪbəˌhʊd
parenthood
ˈpɛərənthʊd
priesthood
ˈpriːstˌhʊd
sisterhood
ˈsɪstəˌhʊd
tabbyhood
ˈtæbɪhʊd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNLIKELIHOOD

unlid
unlidded
unlifelike
unlighted
unlightened
unlightsome
unlikable
unlike
unlikeable
unliked
unlikeliness
unlikely
unlikeness
unlimber
unlime
unlimited
unlimited liability
unlimitedly
unlimitedness
unline

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNLIKELIHOOD

drearihood
extractor hood
falsehood
godhood
hardihood
knighthood
lens hood
lustihood
maximum likelihood
nationhood
personhood
prophethood
rain hood
sainthood
selfhood
servanthood
singlehood
toddlerhood
victimhood
womanhood

Synonyms and antonyms of unlikelihood in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «unlikelihood» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNLIKELIHOOD

Find out the translation of unlikelihood to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of unlikelihood from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unlikelihood» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

可能性不大
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

improbabilidad
570 millions of speakers

English

unlikelihood
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

unlikelihood
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

استبعاد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

маловероятность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

improbabilidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অসম্ভাবনা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

improbabilité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak sepatutnya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Unwahrscheinlichkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ありそうもないこと
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

unlikelihood
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Unlikelihood
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

unlikelihood
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

unlikelihood
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

संभव नाही
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

olmazlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

improbabilità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nieprawdopodobieństwo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

малоймовірність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

probabilității
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απιθανότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onwaarskynlikheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

osannolikt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

unlikelihood
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unlikelihood

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNLIKELIHOOD»

The term «unlikelihood» is normally little used and occupies the 111.901 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNLIKELIHOOD» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «unlikelihood» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «unlikelihood» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unlikelihood

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNLIKELIHOOD»

Discover the use of unlikelihood in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unlikelihood and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Question of the Gift: Essays Across Disciplines
The Question of the Gift is the first collection of new interdisciplinary essays on the gift.
Mark Osteen, 2013
2
Reputation, Celebrity and Defamation Law
The appellant newspapers pleaded defences of common law and statutory qualified privilege, justification, unlikelihood of harm and contextual truth. Whilst at first instance, they enjoyed a degree of success, their appeal in relation to these ...
Dr David Rolph, 2013
3
Uncertainty in Knowledge Bases: 3rd International Conference ...
This compatibility is expressed by an unlikelihood measure. Now a likely cause for the anomalies observed can be determined by showing that all other possible causes are unlikely. This approach can be viewed as a generalization of the ...
Bernadette Bouchon, Ronald R. Yager, Lotfi A. Zadeh, 1991
4
Mark: A Commentary on His Apology for the Cross, Chapters 1 - 8
Arguments favoring historicity include (1) the unlikelihood that a Christian would fabricate the reference to Jesus as "the carpenter, the son of Mary" (see the vv.ll., the synoptic parallels; Luke 3:23; John 1 :45; 6:42, all of which state things ...
Robert Gundry, 2000
5
Beyond Superstructuralism
UNLIKELIHOOD AND FALSIFIABILITY Non-Structuralist anthropologists have often had doubts over Lévi-Strauss' brand of mythological analysis, and have sought to refute his claims by adducing evidence about the American Indians and  ...
Richard Harland, 2003
6
The Unobservable Universe: A Paradox-Free Framework for ...
The. Absurd. Unlikelihood. of. You. Being. Here. to. Read. This. Book. The. truth is that this particular concept has not been lost on scientists and present-day philosophers, some of whom are actually practitioners of hard science. The point is ...
Scott M. Tyson, Catherine J. Rourke, Thomas M. Hill, 2011
7
Law of Marine Insurance
Meaning of 'unlikely' In The Polurrian Case,101 the word 'unlikely' was compared to 'uncertain' which was the concept used before the passing of the Act. In substituting the test of 'unlikelihood of recovery' with 'uncertainty of recovery', the Act ...
Susan Hodges, 2013
8
Joseph, Mary, Jesus
THE UNLIKELIHOOD OF THE PARABLES AND THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL As a master of hyperbole, according to the trait he had inherited from his mother,2 Jesus sometimes pushed his parables to the point of improbability.
Lucien Deiss (C.S.Sp), 1996
9
Biomedical and Environmental Sensing
The 5 most probable diagnoses are thus determined by selecting the top most 5 diagnoses when arranged in descending order of the difference: likelihood — unlikelihood. For instance, if diagnosis A has likelihood of 1 and unlikelihood 0.5  ...
J. I. Agbinya, E. Biermann, Y. Hamam, 2009
10
On the Grammar of Optative Constructions
(Ann's coming is only desirable if Bob does not come and vice versa.) Contrastively, can we show that unlikelihood (which I assumed to be involved in polar exclamatives) is anti-additive? This is not immediately obvious if we look at probability ...
Patrick Georg Grosz, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNLIKELIHOOD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unlikelihood is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Chemo worsens quality of life for patients near death
and should offer chemotherapy only as a last resort for those who still want it after true informed consent as to the unlikelihood of it doing any good,” Blanke said. «Fox News, Jul 15»
2
Earthquakes, amphetamines, cancer and ice: 5 books about history …
... at once humbling and empowering — it gives vivid descriptions of how miniscule people and our lifespans are, as well as the unlikelihood of life existing at all. «UT The Daily Texan, Jul 15»
3
Health-care forum panelists weigh in on benefits, political …
... reasons the state should accept federal dollars to expand Medicaid, particularly through the Insure Oklahoma program, and the unlikelihood of that happening ... «Tulsa World, Jul 15»
4
Pity Porn: The Unlikelihood of an Unbiased Porn Doc
"A point of view can be a dangerous luxury when substituted for insight and understanding." - Marshall McLuhan. I've watched a lot of porn documentaries. A lot. «Huffington Post, Jun 15»
5
June 1 is a big day in Twins history
Today is June 1, and the Twins have the best record in the American League. I wrote about the extreme unlikelihood of that earlier this week, at which point the ... «Sioux Falls Argus Leader, Jun 15»
6
Obama considers arming Sunni tribes to retake Ramadi from Isis
Despite the unlikelihood of Baghdad being overtaken by Isis, the victory for the group in Ramadi, which they celebrated in a newly-released video with words ... «Newsweek, May 15»
7
The standard of proof in workplace investigations
The seriousness of an allegation made, the inherent unlikelihood of an occurrence of a given description, or the gravity of the consequences flowing from a ... «Mondaq News Alerts, Mar 15»
8
Obama needs the aid of the GOP
Michael Froman received from a Harvard Law School classmate, Barack Obama, a job that validates the axiom that the unlikelihood of any negotiation reaching ... «Washington Post, Mar 15»
9
NJ's $225M Exxon Deal Could Reflect Holes In $9B Claim
... against ExxonMobil Corp. over refinery pollution for $225 million could imply its case on damages was much weaker than it appeared, given the unlikelihood ... «Law360, Mar 15»
10
Unlikelihood of Cure Did Not Reduce Chemo Use at End of Life
Patients with metastatic lung and colorectal cancer who understood that chemotherapy would not cure them of their cancer were no less likely to receive ... «Cancer Network, Feb 15»

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