| Unlikely 1. (a.) Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected; as, an unlikely event; the thing you mention is very unlikely. 2. (a.) Not holding out a prospect of success; likely to fail; unpromising; as, unlikely means. 3. (a.) Not such as to inspire liking; unattractive; disagreeable. 4. (adv.) In an unlikely manner. Thesaurus Entries distasteful, doubtable, doubtful, dubious, dubitable, hardly possible, implausible, improbable, inappropriate, inauspicious, inconceivable, incredible, more than doubtful, objectionable, questionable, remote, unacceptable, unattractive, unbecoming, uncongenial, unfit, unfitting, unimaginable, unpromising, unpropitious, unseemly, unsuitable, unthinkable |