unlikely to succeed
1succeed — verb 1 manage to achieve what you want; do well ADVERB ▪ admirably, beautifully (esp. AmE), brilliantly, marvellously/marvelously (esp. AmE), well, wildly (esp. AmE), wonderfully ▪ …
2succeed — [[t]səksi͟ːd[/t]] ♦♦ succeeds, succeeding, succeeded 1) VERB If you succeed in doing something, you manage to do it. [V in ing/n] We have already succeeded in working out ground rules with the Department of Defense... [V in ing/n] Some people… …
3unlikely — adj. VERBS ▪ appear, be, look, sound ▪ The takeover bid now looks unlikely to succeed. ▪ become ▪ remain …
4unlikely — [unlīk′lē] adj. [ME unlikly, prob. based on ON ūlīkligr] 1. not likely to happen or be true; improbable 2. not likely to succeed; not promising adv. improbably [he may, not unlikely, join us] unlikelihood n. unlikeliness …
5unlikely — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. improbable, doubtful, dubious; farfetched, inconceivable; impracticable, implausible; unpromising, inauspicious. See improbability. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Not likely to happen] Syn. improbable,… …
6unlikely — adj. improbable, not likely to occur; not likely to succeed, not promising adv. improbably, doubtfully, implausibly …
7The Unlikely Spy — is a spy novel written by Daniel Silva, set during World War II. While some of the exact characters and events may be fictional, the book is based on very real events the attempt by the Allies to use British intelligence to cover up the true… …
8thin ice — Unlikely to succeed; dangerous situation. ► “As they vie for Vietnamese readers, foreign publishers tread on thin ice. A handful of foreign publishers have gained a toehold in Vietnam, but their presence has clearly alarmed elements of the… …
9chance — chance1 W1S1 [tʃa:ns US tʃæns] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(possibility)¦ 2¦(opportunity)¦ 3¦(risk)¦ 4¦(likely to succeed)¦ 5¦(luck)¦ 6 stand/have a chance (of something/of doing something) 7 by any chance 8 any chance of ...? 9 be in with a chance …
10chance — 1 noun 1 POSSIBILITY (C, U) how possible or likely it is that something will happen, especially something that you want: chance/chances of: What are her chances of survival? | there s a chance (that): There s always the chance that something will …