improbability.

The condition of being unlikely to occur or be true under the relevant information or assumptions.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• improbability of an account
• apparent improbability

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The account’s initial improbability did not justify rejecting the new evidence.

The analyst assessed improbability relative to the stated model rather than intuition alone.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: inference, qualification, analysis, methodology. Disciplines: academic writing, reasoning, research. Commonness: moderately common.