"unlikely" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

unlikely adjetivo

unlikely + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 91
unlikely event • unlikely place • unlikely effect • unlikely source • unlikely candidate • unlikely hero • ...
verbo + unlikely
Kolokacji: 6
consider unlikely • look unlikely • sound unlikely • think unlikely • seem unlikely • ...
(1) consider, think, deem
Kolokacji: 3
(2) look, sound, seem
Kolokacji: 3
1. look unlikely = wyglądaj mało prawdopodobny look unlikely
2. sound unlikely = dźwięk mało prawdopodobny sound unlikely
3. seem unlikely = wyglądaj na mało prawdopodobny seem unlikely
  • Even if there was still a peace to be saved in 1940, it seemed most unlikely that Labour would win the election.
  • They prefer British to Irish rule and seem unlikely to move from that position.
  • For us to pass just as tornadoes blew them over seemed unlikely, to say the least.
  • That Sara had been on the plane with her seemed unlikely, at first.
  • For there to be shafts reaching down here from so far above seemed unlikely.
  • But in recent weeks that has seemed highly unlikely.
  • These figures, however, have remained nearly the same for most of this century, and seem unlikely to change.
  • Although there have been proposals to open a station on the line, this seems highly unlikely.
  • Seemed pretty unlikely to him, but he wasn't one to stand in his officers' way.
  • Not unless there is some relevance to the case, which, I may say, seems unlikely.
adverbio + unlikely
Kolokacji: 16
highly unlikely • most unlikely • extremely unlikely • increasingly unlikely • equally unlikely • ...
unlikely + preposición
Kolokacji: 8
unlikely to • unlikely in • unlikely for • unlikely of • unlikely at • ...

Click on the heading to expand the collocation groups, collocations and sample sentences.