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Meanings of improbability in English

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improbabilitat

The quality of being improbable.

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      Usage of improbability in English
      1
      One persistent story does seem to be gathering strength despite its improbability.
      Return of the Crimson Guard
      2
      There was neither impossibility nor improbability in any of the three propositions.
      The Bush Boys: History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his F...
      3
      The reality seems to heighten the improbability, already hard enough to manage.
      Among My Books. Second Series
      4
      The improbability of such a thing ever happening was what staggered humanity.
      The Loss of the S. S. Titanic: Its Story and Its Lessons
      5
      Laurence almost laughed at the improbability of it, and fell asleep mid-thought.
      Throne of Jade
      6
      Would you rather give credit to a miracle than admit an improbability?
      The Ghost-Seer; or the Apparitionist; and Sport of Destiny
      7
      Kermit: Biological improbability there... Miss Piggy: You started off this interview really great.
      Reuters
      8
      A childish error, highly improbable; twice repeated, thus squaring the improbability.
      Accidental Death
      9
      The more he thought of this improbability the less he understood the truth.
      Don Orsino
      10
      The first is the improbability, the second is the excessive price, of success.
      On War
      11
      The improbability of such a thing threw a doubt upon the whole statement.
      Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard
      12
      The improbability of the whole affair struck him with unusual force.
      The Tides of Barnegat
      13
      The circumstances of my own condition took away the improbability from this belief.
      Arthur Mervyn; Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793
      14
      He accepted her presence there with a tired acquiescence in its fabulous improbability.
      An Outcast of the Islands
      15
      And, in spite of its improbability, Rosamond Gray is very pathetic.
      Charles Lamb: A Memoir
      16
      We chuckled together over the improbability of these two cosmic events.
      Autobiography of a Yogi
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