Your parents might tell you it's improbable that they'll buy you a car when you turn 16. Since improbable means something is unlikely but not impossible, your optimism allows you to keep hoping.
Not probable; unlikely to be true; not to be expected under the circumstances or in the usual course of events;
Adjective S.
too improbable to admit of belief; "a tall story"
Adjective
not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred; "legislation on the question is highly unlikely"; "an improbable event"
Adjective S.
having a probability to low to inspire belief
a.
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.
Improbable
He . . . sent to Elutherius, then bishop of Rome, an improbable letter, as some of the contents discover.--
Not probable; unlikely to be true; not to be expected under the circumstances or in the usual course of events;
Usage Examples
Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which has hidden them and stand forth in naked and simple beauty.
My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success.
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Other Usage ExamplesFaith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.
Wealth, in even the most improbable cases, manages to convey the aspect of intelligence.
Complex, statistically improbable things are by their nature more difficult to explain than simple, statistically probable things.
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