[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

improbable \improb"able\, a. l. improbabilis; pref. im- not +
   probabilis probable: cf. f. improbable. see probable.
   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.
   1913 webster

         he . . . sent to elutherius, then bishop of rome, an
         improbable letter, as some of the contents discover.
                                                  --milton.
   -- improb"ableness, n. -- improb"ably, adv.
   1913 webster
see also:
probable improb"ableness improb"ably 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

improbable
     adj 1: not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred;
            "legislation on the question is highly unlikely"; "an
            improbable event" syn: unlikely ant: probable
     2: having a probability to low to inspire belief syn: unbelievable,
         unconvincing, unlikely
     3: too improbable to admit of belief; "a tall story" syn: marvelous,
         marvellous, talla
see also:
unlikely probable unbelievable unconvincing marvelous marvellous 
talla 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

59 moby thesaurus words for "improbable":
   absurd, crazy, distant, doubtable, doubtful, dubious, dubitable,
   extraordinary, fanciful, farfetched, fishy, flimsy, forced,
   hard to believe, hardly possible, implausible, impossible,
   inconceivable, incredible, insane, ludicrous, mad,
   more than doubtful, more than expected, out-of-the-way,
   past expectation, peculiar, questionable, quite another thing,
   remote, ridiculous, something else again, strained, strange,
   sudden, thin, unannounced, unanticipated, unbelievable,
   unconvincing, undivined, unexpected, unforeseeable, unforeseen,
   unguessed, unheralded, unhoped for, unlikely, unpredictable,
   unpredicted, unprepared for, unpromising, unrealistic,
   unsubstantial, unthinkable, weak, weird, wild, without warning

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