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発音

• (General American) IPA: /ɪmˈpɹɑbəbl̩/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɪmˈpɹɒbəbl̩/
• ハイフネーション: im‧prob‧a‧ble

形容詞

improbable (comparative more improbable, superlative most improbable)

1. Not likely to be true.

   It's highly improbable that aliens abducted you.

   • 1598, John Florio, “Improbabile”, in A Worlde of Words, or Most Copious, and Exact Dictionarie in Italian and English, […], London: […] Arnold Hatfield for Edw[ard] Blount, →OCLC, page 171, column 1:

     Improbabile, that cannot be prooued, improbable.

   • 1674, [Richard Allestree], “Of Positiveness”, in The Government of the Tongue. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: At the Theater, →OCLC, page 197:

     Nay, if he be of a proud humour, […] he will not Bate an Ace of abſolute certainty, but however doubtful or improbable the thing is, coming f[r]om him it muſt go for an indiſputable truth.

   • 1955 December, “Notes and News: An Old Midland Railway Bridge Notice”, in Railway Magazine, page 877:

     It is highly improbable that the drafter of the notice ever visualised the form that heavy vehicles of the future would take, but the comprehensive wording still covers modern types.

2. Not likely to happen.

   Due to the loss of power, it is improbable that we will begin on time.

反意語

• probable

派生語

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参考

• impossible

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