Improbability (Noun)
Meaning
The quality of being improbable; "impossibility should never be confused with improbability"; "the improbability of such rare coincidences".
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Examples
- The theory relies on a series of unlikely events, making its overall improbability a topic of debate among experts.
- The improbability of encountering a wild tiger in the city is extremely high, yet it happened to the unsuspecting tourist.
- Statisticians often struggle to calculate the improbability of rare events, as there may be limited data available.
- The improbability of the plot twist in the movie was so high that many viewers saw it coming from a mile away.
- The improbability of life existing elsewhere in the universe is a topic of ongoing research and speculation in the scientific community.