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small chance

NOUN
dark horse
Synonyms
STRONGEST
also-ran long shot sleeper underdog
WEAK
hundred-to-one shot improbability little chance little opportunity outside chance outside shot poor bet poor lookout poor possibility poor prognosis poor prospect slim chance stalking horse unexpected winner unknown unknown quantity unlikelihood unlikely winner upsetter
NOUN
fat chance
Synonyms
WEAK
chance in a million ghost of a chance impossible no chance no way not a prayer poor outlook poor possibility poor prospect slim chance snowball's chance in hell unthinkable very little chance when hell freezes over
NOUN
long shot
Synonyms
STRONGEST
fluke
WEAK
chance hit hundred-to-one shot little chance long odds lucky shot no chance off-chance one in a million outside chance poor bed slim chance

Example Sentences

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There’s only a small chance of measurable rain for Orange County, the Inland Empire and the San Diego County coast.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026

There's also a small chance they could be seen further south.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

"I felt that if there was even a small chance that it could revive an entire class of antifungal medicine, we had to explore it."

From Science Daily • Jan. 22, 2026

A small chance at a large return beats a near-certainty of a slow decline.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

And if by some small chance all of that didn’t work, I’d fall back on what I do best—I would lie.

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen