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• n  the improbability of a specified outcome

• No one voluntarily moved in the banlieue, and few could ever scale the invisible barriers to departure thrown up by deplorable education levels and the unlikelihood of finding work.
• Its an old argument, but it still resonates, once you get over the deep unlikelihood of the idea of Jenna Bush joining the military.
• It made sense to pass as Brazilian, Abu Daoud says, given his complexion and the unlikelihood that anyone would chat him up in Portuguese.

• unlikeliness

• likelihood
• likeliness

News & Articles

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• Federal charges are uncertain
  In the emotional aftermath of the Trayvon Martin killing last year, Attorney General Eric Holder signaled the unlikelihood of filing federal hate crimes charges against admitted shooter George Zimmerman.
  July 15, 2013 - CNN
• Federal charges uncertain in Zimmerman case
  In the emotional aftermath of the Trayvon Martin killing last year, Attorney General Eric Holder signaled the unlikelihood of filing federal hate crimes charges against admitted shooter George Zimmerman.
  July 15, 2013 - WGAL 8 Susquehanna Valley
• Missoula Marathon hits first cap
  It isn’t every day 4,000 people participate in the same race.However, that very unlikelihood will become reality Sunday at 6 a.m., when the seventh annual Missoula Marathon commences.
  July 13, 2013 - Ravalli Republic

Quotes

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• Sean Penn in Metro
  Sean said of the film: "I thought it was such an important movie because of the state of the world being what it is and the unlikelihood that the problems will be solved by politicians."
• John Lithgow in San Francisco Chronicle
  It's a wonderful idea to build a series around the unlikelihood and yet the absolute indispensability of some friendships,says Lithgow.
• Alan Greenspan in Bloomberg
  There is "considerable unlikelihood of a major decline" in prices because that's "very rare" in the US, Greenspan said.