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unlikely
adjective as in not probable
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Because of its precision, the compound is unlikely to disturb healthy bacteria or cause gut imbalance -- an issue often linked to traditional antibiotics.
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Though that is an unlikely scenario so soon after Canadians went to the ballot box in the spring.
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“Without the Musk effect, it would have been easily met. Now it looks unlikely.”
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War with the country was unlikely, he said.
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A separate report on NHS Grampian warned that a return to financial balance is unlikely without "a significant redesign" of its health and social care system.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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