Definition of Improbable

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Definition of Improbable
	Improbable 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. Related Definitions: An, As, Be, Course, Event, Expected, Improbable, In, Not, Of, Or, Probable, Story, The, To, True, Under, Unlikely, Usual

Improbable Quotations

My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success.
Barack Obama

Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.
Aristotle

The world is divided into two classes, those who believe the incredible, and those who do the improbable.
Oscar Wilde

Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable.
Oscar Wilde

Complex, statistically improbable things are by their nature more difficult to explain than simple, statistically probable things.
Richard Dawkins

Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.
H. L. Mencken

The impossible often has a kind of integrity which the merely improbable lacks.
Douglas Adams

Wealth, in even the most improbable cases, manages to convey the aspect of intelligence.
John Kenneth Galbraith

There are improbable things suspended in space, like the earth.
Meryl Streep

Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which has hidden them and stand forth in naked and simple beauty.
Galileo Galilei

Improbable Translations

improbable in French is improbable
improbable in German is unwahrscheinlich
improbable in Norwegian is usannsynlig
improbable in Spanish is inverosimil, improbable
improbable in Swedish is osannolik

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