how to pronounce unlikely

/ənˈlaɪkliː/

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unlikely is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of unlikely in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… does that mean it's unlikely the u.s is …”

meaning of unlikely

Unlikely means not likely to happen or not likely to be true.

unlikely frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word unlikely occurs in english on average 20.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics unlikely can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that unlikely can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;