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  • noun Plural form of unlikely.

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Examples

  • Both would have struggled that first year had the gods of Harvard not seen fit to put them together in a quad inside Wigglesworth with a view of the fabled Square and a brotherhood of unlikelies: Lee Swanson, Lou Papadopoulos, Josh Klein, Charlie.

    Three Stages of Amazement Carol Edgarian 2011

  • Both would have struggled that first year had the gods of Harvard not seen fit to put them together in a quad inside Wigglesworth with a view of the fabled Square and a brotherhood of unlikelies: Lee Swanson, Lou Papadopoulos, Josh Klein, Charlie.

    Three Stages of Amazement Carol Edgarian 2011

  • Thus, out of our five Warsaw Pact allies, we have one probable cobelligerent, two possibles, and two unlikelies.

    DBTL 16: Of Course You Know This Means War Johnny Pez 2009

  • Thus, out of our five Warsaw Pact allies, we have one probable cobelligerent, two possibles, and two unlikelies.

    Archive 2009-02-01 Johnny Pez 2009

  • What I can swallow is the delicious bubble such settings serve as shape to speech, liquid refractions in the atmosphere, precious unlikelies one can can string, be brimful of.

    YOU ARE HERE by MABI DAVID EILEEN 2009

  • What I can swallow is the delicious bubble such settings serve as shape to speech, liquid refractions in the atmosphere, precious unlikelies one can can string, be brimful of.

    Archive 2009-12-01 EILEEN 2009

  • In the end, though, there are two familiar faces in Duke and Michigan State and two unlikelies in West Virginia and Butler (the latter much more so).

    BallHype - Top Sports News, Videos, and Blogs 2010

  • “I’m afraid it’d be quicker to tick off the unlikelies,” said Alleyn.

    Vintage Murder Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982 1937

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