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noun • a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe) | ||||||||
24% | 4 | Improbable, as a tale | ||||||
adjective • great in vertical dimension; high in stature noun • a garment size for a tall person adjective satellite • lofty in style • having a specified height • impressively difficult • too improbable to admit of belief | ||||||||
24% | 8 | Improbable | ||||||
adjective • not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred • has little chance of being the case or coming about adjective satellite • having a probability too low to inspire belief | ||||||||
Wildly Improbable Goal
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