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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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But after the A’s emerged as one of the unlikeliest success stories in the history of American sports, that’s exactly what happened.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

He’s also the unlikeliest curler at the Milan Cortina Games, where he could become the oldest American athlete in Winter Olympics history.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

An opportunity that looked like it had been trampled underfoot when the dismal visitors in Piraeus fell three goals down, was reborn thanks to Belarus, the unlikeliest of unlikely heroes of the night.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2025

The all-family final between the 54th-ranked Frenchman Rinderknech and 204th-ranked Vacherot, from Monaco, is one of the tournament's unlikeliest endings to date –- the latter's coach and half-brother, Benjamin Balleret, described it as a "fairytale".

From Barron's • Oct. 12, 2025

It oftentimes happens that aggressively disposed animals, like cowardly men, are apt to try battle with the unlikeliest adversaries.

From The Human Side of Animals by Dixon, Royal