improbable
adjective
im·prob·a·ble
(ˌ)im-ˈprä-bə-bəl 
-ˈpräb-bəl
: unlikely to be true or to occur
also
: unlikely but real or true
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The team made an improbable comeback.
it seems improbable that the two writers never met since they traveled in the same social circles
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Charlie Fink, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
The loss is also somehow the second time this season Chicago has lost on an improbable play as time expired.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 17 Nov. 2024
Stanford snapped a six-game losing streak and won its first home game over an FBS team in the Taylor era in improbable fashion.
—Harold Gutmann, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
It's been an improbable, rocky journey from flyweight to middleweight to heavyweight.
—Matthew Self, The Arizona Republic, 14 Nov. 2024
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“Improbable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/improbable. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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improbable
adjective
im·prob·a·ble
(ˈ)im-ˈpräb(-ə)-bəl
: not probable : unlikely to be true or to occur
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