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improbable

 adjective
     
im‧prob‧a‧ble
1 not likely to happen or to be true [= unlikely; ≠ probable]:
a film with an improbable plot
It seems highly improbable that he had no knowledge of the affair.
2 surprising and slightly strange:
improbable combinations of colours
—improbably adverb
—improbability noun [uncountable and countable]
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