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unlikelier

unlikelier is the comparative form of unlikely.

Meaning of unlikely

Adjective

unlikely (comparative unlikelier or more unlikely, superlative unlikeliest or most unlikely)

  1. Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected.
    • It is pretty unlikely that you'll win, but I will pray that at least you do well.
  2. Not holding out a prospect of success; likely to fail; unpromising.
    • unlikely means

See all 4 meanings of unlikely

Questions about unlikelier

What is unlikelier the comparative form of?
Unlikelier is the comparative form of unlikely.

Words near unlikelier in the dictionary

  1. unlikeability
  2. unlikeable
  3. unlikeableness
  4. unlikeably
  5. unliked
  6. unlikelier
  7. unlikelies
  8. unlikeliest
  9. unlikelihood
  10. unlikelihoods
  11. unlikelily

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unlikelier (page history and authors); unlikely (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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