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unlikely

/ʌnˈlaɪ.kli/

Translation

adj
[comp unlikelier, superl unlikeliest]
improbable
poco probable
It's unlikely that our team will win the match
Es poco probable que nuestro equipo gane el partido
inverosímil
an unlikely excuse
una excusa inverosímil
(Definition of unlikely adj from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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