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unlikely winner

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 small chance stalking horse unexpected winner unknown unknown quantity unlikelihood upsetter

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Meta chief A.I. scientist Yann LeCun is already endorsing the case that his team’s open-source focus will make it an unlikely winner.

From Slate • Nov. 22, 2023

That is where Gantz could emerge as a power broker — and even an unlikely winner.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2022

Ewan McGregor’s performance in Fargo passed many people by and would be an unlikely winner, which leaves us with The Night Of’s double act.

From The Guardian • Sep. 15, 2017

Bingham was an unlikely winner last year, having started the tournament as a 50-1 outsider, but this time he was on the receiving end of a surprise result.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2016

But even Koch, the unlikely winner of that election, he hastened to add, built 190,000 units of affordable housing.

From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2013

unlikely winner

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