unlikeliest

ADJECTIVE

not probable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

absurd implausible improbable inconceivable incredible rare remote strange unbelievable

WEAK

contrary doubtful dubious faint not likely out of the ordinary outside chance questionable slight unconvincing unheard-of unimaginable untoward

Antonyms

STRONGEST

believable common credible likely plausible possible probable reasonable regular tenable usual

WEAK

imaginable probably

Example Sentences

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Balancing sorrow with self-deprecation, Maron covers childhood abuse, his father’s dementia, evacuating his home with three cats during the L.A. fires and becoming the unlikeliest of Swifties.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

The mastermind behind ASML’s unlikeliest hit product is a data analyst named Rick Lenssen—or, as he’s now known to some colleagues, Brick Lenssen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

It is, according to bookmakers, the unlikeliest Super Bowl match-up of modern times.

From Barron's • Feb. 8, 2026

Tomlin was the same age when he followed Cowher in 2007 and might have been the unlikeliest hire of the bunch.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026

That belief was about the unlikeliest thing imaginable from every natural standpoint, with God left out.

From Quiet Talks on Following the Christ by Gordon, S. D. (Samuel Dickey)