What's the difference between unlikelihood and unlikeliness?

Unlikelihood


Definition:

  • (n.) Absence of likelihood.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The US state department stressed that Kerry was making a rhetorical argument about the one-week deadline and unlikelihood of Assad turning over Syria's chemical weapons stockpile.
  • (2) Despite the a priori unlikelihood of useful information developing from studies in any of these areas, such investigations are being pursued, and the results are proving to be stimulating.
  • (3) A stronger proposal would have thus acknowledged the unlikelihood of a politically inclusive transition process, and asked how Egypt's economy could be resuscitated in light of this reality.
  • (4) First, the markets might be going belly-up at the uncertainty about forming a new government and the unlikelihood of a strong one.
  • (5) The overwhelming unlikelihood of that leads me to conclude that he was murdered.” Galloway said he did not believe that president Assad or the deputy foreign minister were responsible for the murder.
  • (6) The findings are discussed in the light of cationic activations of glycosyltransferases generally, of the porous nature of the Golgi membrane, and of the unlikelihood of bivalent metal ions being the physiological activators of galactosyltransferase.
  • (7) The unlikelihood of predominantly HLA-associated control of viral antibody response was discussed.
  • (8) Positions on both sides have been hardening since the government called off negotiations last week, citing the unlikelihood of a constructive outcome given their sharp differences.
  • (9) The second major advantage of clozapine is its paucity of acute neurological effects and its apparent unlikelihood to produce tardive dyskinesia.
  • (10) The unlikelihood of its being produced by autolytic enzymes is discussed.
  • (11) The approach does not compromise definitive surgery (external or internal hemipelvectomy) in the unlikelihood that the lesion is found to be malignant.
  • (12) In view of the unlikelihood of regulation that is both sensitive and effective in containing costs, the author proposes that we rely primarily on consumer incentives to reform the system.
  • (13) Scientific data indicate the unlikelihood of smallpox recurring once it has been eradicated from the human population, although further confirmatory studies are continuing.
  • (14) Claudius's justifications probably went along the lines of: his seasoned political astuteness versus his nephew's lack of experience; the Norwegian threat requiring a safe pair of hands; the unlikelihood of Gertrude having more children, meaning that Hamlet's inheritance was only being postponed, as he would almost certainly be Claudius's eventual heir.
  • (15) The unlikelihood of an important proliferative signal triggered by IL2 was confirmed in a semisolid clonogenic assay, which failed to document an increased colony growth in the 26 samples studied.
  • (16) Despite reports of condom failure with clients, widespread condom use among these women suggests the unlikelihood of significant heterosexual spread of HIV.
  • (17) This would imply resignation to the unlikelihood of moral development.
  • (18) The patients' clinical courses and the unlikelihood of coincidence of contracting both diseases suggested to us a causal relationship.
  • (19) The antihypertensive effect appeared to be restricted to compounds with oxidation rates within a narrow range, indicating the unlikelihood of increasing the duration of the pharmacologic effect by stabilisation of the dihydropyridine system.
  • (20) Thursday is the next opportunity to have a diplomatic discussion and I think it is safe to lean into the unlikelihood of making announcements before Thursday," said Jen Psaki, the state department's chief spokesperson, when asked about possible new sanctions.

Unlikeliness


Definition:

  • (n.) The quality or state of being unlikely.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) As Trump’s campaign for the Republican nomination has unfolded, in all its unlikeliness, he has shaken hands with many thousands of Americans, and posed with many thousands for many thousands of selfies.
  • (2) The sheer unlikeliness of these three people being connected in that way will be a puzzle that will go on."
  • (3) The slight changes in plasma renin activity as well as the pattern of renin release suggested the unlikeliness of the influence of renin upon vasopressin secretion under these circumstances.
  • (4) For many commenters, Hwang’s surprise appearance at the closing ceremony of the Asian Games was enough to provide evidence of Kim Jong-un’s downfall – both because of Hwang’s seniority and the unlikeliness of his trip to the south.
  • (5) And then he teases his bandmates, or seems to, about the unlikeliness of their current position, these four Londoners making American-flavoured folk and pretty well conquering an industry with it.
  • (6) It could be argued that no team had ever had an unlikelier road to the World Series than the 2004 Red Sox, to the point where the World Series itself ended up being entirely anticlimactic.

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