(a.) Not probable; unlikely to be true; not to be expected under the circumstances or in the usual course of events; as, an improbable story or event.
Example Sentences:
(1) Schneiderlin, valued at an improbable £27m, and the currently injured Jay Rodriguez are wanted by their former manager Mauricio Pochettino at Spurs, but the chairman Ralph Krueger has apparently called a halt to any more outgoings, saying: “They are part of the core that we have decided to keep at Southampton.” He added: “Jay Rodriguez and Morgan Schneiderlin are not for sale and they will be a part of our club as we enter the new season.” The new manager Ronald Koeman has begun rebuilding by bringing in Dusan Tadic and Graziano Pellè from the Dutch league and Krueger said: “We will have players coming in, we will make transfers to strengthen the squad.
(2) He admitted that he had “no reason” to fire the shots that killed Steenkamp, as Nel told him: “Your version is so improbable, that nobody would ever think it’s reasonably, possibly true, it’s so impossible … Your version is a lie.” Nel said the phrase “I love you” appeared only twice in WhatsApp messages from Steenkamp and, on both occasions, they were written to her mother: “Never to you and you never to her.” Day 20: live coverage as it happened.
(3) Their behavior may be rationalized by assuming that at low concentrations they bind to the primary binding site making rebinding of once dissociated [3H]QNB molecules improbable (competitive mechanism), whereas at high concentrations they also act on a secondary (allosteric) binding site stabilizing the [3H]QNB receptor complexes by slowing their off-kinetics.
(4) As for the speaker in parliament Thura Shwe Mann, a former general, he has formed an improbable alliance with Aung San Suu Kyi, on the assumption that she might help him thwart the plans of his former cronies.
(5) He is helped by constituency boundaries that skew the pitch in Labour’s favour, but even then the leap required looks improbable.
(6) It is improbable that the platform-pendulum controversy is due to differences in the amount of PS deprivation or the other sleep parameters measured here.
(7) Comparison of the upstream regions of the SAA genes with those of the rat fibrinogen genes, whose expression is also induced by inflammation, reveals sequences common to all six genes which are very improbable on a random basis.
(8) No positive reactions occurred in either of the tests so that phototoxic effects can be excluded and a photoallergic potential is improbable.
(9) It said those concerned were "not shouting it from the rooftops" but "sheltering their holdings behind increasingly improbably names".
(10) This finding in conjunction with the observation that the generation of (Phe, G)- and Pro--L-specific responses were associated in individual recipients injected with limiting inocula of thymocytes indicated that a single population of thymocytes was stimulated by (Phe,G)-Pro--L. Therefore, it is improbable that the thymic population of immunocompetent cells contributes to expression of these genetically controlled defects.
(11) (viii) It is highly improbable that within the last few years two viruses (HIV-1 and HIV-2) that are only 40% sequence-related would have evolved that could both cause the newly defined syndrome AIDS.
(12) The chromosome abnormalities were so severe that it is highly improbable that mitosis led to successful nuclear multiplication within a given syncytium.
(13) The Argentinian's equaliser was also hit from an improbable angle but it was a much more presentable chance than his first-half efforts – City's passing move had been direct, featuring two consecutive forward passes with Nasri playing a wonderful assist, and City had cut through the Chelsea defence swiftly.
(14) Jackson, too, wears black shoes and black clothes, and, improbably for his age, has mostly black hair.
(15) They could have scored more had they needed to but began to play overambitious passes and attempt improbable shots.
(16) So it didn't matter how unlike Miliband Wallace was, as long as they shared the attribute of seeming an improbable sort to be prime minister.
(17) Its perception of the improbability of living states is at least partially an artifact of closed system thinking.
(18) Typical arrangements of the EEG-context which make improbable an assumption of a structural lesion can be demonstrated for certain anterior-left as well as posterior-right localized patterns.
(19) The narrative drivers are pretty slack – improbable dialogue ("I'm a very wealthy man, Miss Steele, and I have expensive and absorbing hobbies"); lame characterisation; irritating tics (a constant war between Steele's "subconscious", which is always fainting or putting on half-moon glasses, and her "inner goddess", who is forever pouting and stamping); and an internal monologue that goes like this … "Holy hell, he's hot!
(20) It therefore seems improbable that a definitive decision concerning the use of one or another of these agents can be made.
Unbelievable
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) It is unbelievable that he would continue to say that, but he says it.
(2) An unbelievably convenient boost to demand in this country – and indeed to all economies that are major importers of oil – has come in the nick of electoral time from the halving of the world price of crude.
(3) 'The smell had become unbelievably bad by then', she said.
(4) The extensive surveillance, phone records and the evidence of the couriers made their denials unbelievable.
(5) It’s an unbelievable privilege and unbelievable responsibility to take a jewel and treat it in a way that is respectful of its past but brings it into the future.” Fortunately for both men, the signs are positive.
(6) Hotels are an easy option, often patronised by individuals who can be depicted as “unbelievers”, or representatives of the so-called Crusader-Zionist alliance so hated by the extremists, and usually poorly protected too.
(7) PhDs require funding, and veterinary nursing is unbelievably oversubscribed.
(8) "Unbelievable jobs numbers… these Chicago guys will do anything..can't debate so change numbers," he said on Twitter .
(9) Gravett and others who lived through DADT told the Guardian that so much had changed since the repeal, though the past feels unbelievable at times.
(10) "People seem shocked that we're going home, but what happened up there was unbelievable.
(11) While the search continued her son Adam Fawell, 29, told the Yorkshire Evening Post: “The support we are getting from friends and family is unbelievable and the stuff that is going around generally is incredible and a little bit overwhelming.” Elaine McIver, 43 Facebook Twitter Pinterest Elaine McIver The family of Elaine McIver confirmed on Thursday that she had been killed in the blast on Monday.
(12) It was an unbelievable feeling,” Keating told Associated Press, adding she felt “totally blessed and loved” by the pope.
(13) Yes, Khodorkovsky has been very unlucky in his fate, but we, his compatriots, have been unbelievably lucky: the party of human dignity is today embodied by an individual who conducts himself in a model fashion and does not bend or break under pressure.
(14) Alfredo Serrano (@TheAlfrigerator) Papi is unbelievable.
(15) It was very strange, almost unbelievable," he says.
(16) Friedman said conservative social scientists and economists who testified for Michigan were "unbelievable" and "clearly represent a fringe viewpoint".
(17) Totally, unbelievably untrue, but it does create doubt and they just drive right through that.” The appearance, her fourth on the late-night talk show circuit after stints on Jimmy Kimmel Live, the Late Show With Stephen Colbert and the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, also had lighter moments.
(18) Ftis said: “What I saw last night, it’s unbelievable.
(19) We are unbelievably sophisticated at that.” His most celebrated work, the remaking of Berlin’s bombed-out Neues Museum , which opened in 2009 after a decade of work he called “an unbelievably positive experience”, was based on a serious debate about meaning that he finds lacking in Britain.
(20) "The scene is just unbelievable," a witness told the Guardian.