hundred-to-one

ADJECTIVE

impossible

Synonyms

STRONGEST

absurd futile hopeless impassable impractical inaccessible inconceivable insurmountable preposterous unattainable unimaginable unreasonable unthinkable unworkable useless

STRONG

visionary

WEAK

beyond contrary to reason cureless hardly possible impervious impracticable inexecutable infeasible irrealizable irreparable no-go no-win not a prayer out of the question too much unachievable uncorrectable unfeasible unobtainable unrecoverable way-out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

believable conceivable hopeful imaginable logical practical reasonable sensible

WEAK

achievable obtainable possible

ADJECTIVE

improbable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

fanciful implausible rare unbelievable unlikely

WEAK

doubtful dubious far-fetched flimsy iffy inconceivable not expected outside chance questionable slim slim and none uncertain unconvincing unheard of unimaginable unsubstantial weak

Antonyms

STRONGEST

believable likely ordinary plausible probably real

WEAK

ostensible possible probable tenable

ADJECTIVE

unattainable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

futile hopeless impassable impervious impractical inaccessible inconceivable insurmountable unimaginable unreasonable unthinkable unworkable useless

WEAK

absurd beyond contrary to reason cureless hardly possible impracticable inexecutable infeasible irrealizable irreparable no-go no-win not a prayer out of the question preposterous too much unachievable uncorrectable unfeasible unobtainable unrealizable unrecoverable visionary way-out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

believable conceivable hopeful imaginable open practical reasonable sensible

ADJECTIVE

unrealizable

Synonyms

WEAK

absurd beyond contrary to reason cureless futile hardly possible hopeless impassable impervious impracticable impractical inaccessible inconceivable inexecutable infeasible insurmountable irrealizable irreparable no-go no-win not a prayer out of the question preposterous too much unachievable unattainable uncorrectable unfeasible unimaginable unobtainable unreasonable unrecoverable unthinkable unworkable useless visionary way-out

ADJECTIVE

unworkable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

absurd futile impassable impractical unattainable unreasonable unthinkable useless

WEAK

beyond contrary to reason cureless hardly possible hopeless impervious impracticable inaccessible inconceivable inexecutable infeasible insurmountable irrealizable irreparable no-go no-win not a prayer out of the question preposterous too much unachievable uncorrectable unfeasible unimaginable unobtainable unrealizable unrecoverable visionary way-out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

logical practical reasonable sensible

NOUN

hazard

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accident mishap possibility risk

STRONG

adventure coincidence dynamite fling fluke go misfortune toss-up venture wager

WEAK

long shot lucky break lucky hit risky business stroke of luck way the ball bounces way the cookie crumbles

Antonyms

STRONG

design plan

WEAK

certainty determination fact proof

Example Sentences

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Each X signifies that the active substance has undergone a ten-to-one dilution, each C a hundred-to-one dilution.

From Time Magazine Archive

Clary, like defendants in other crack cases, challenged the constitutionality of the hundred-to-one ratio.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

I, who had taken up writing as a last resort, a gamble which might, on a hundred-to-one chance, win where everything else had failed, had now reached the point where that had failed, too.

From Kent Knowles: Quahaug by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby

Any wise bookmaker would of posted her up in this race as a hundred-to-one shot.

From Ma Pettengill by Wilson, Harry Leon

Before her very eyes the stone which the builders had rejected had become the main thing, the hundred-to-one shot had walked away with the race.

From The Clicking of Cuthbert by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

hundred-to-one

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