different between unlikely vs artificial

English

Etymology

From Middle English unlykely, unlikly, unlykly, unlicli, equivalent to un- +? likely.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?la?kli/

Adjective

unlikely (comparative unlikelier or more unlikely, superlative unlikeliest or most unlikely)

1. Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected.

   It's very unlikely that you'll be able to walk perfectly after being in a cast for six months.

   • 1895, H. G. Wells, The Time Machine Chapter X

     Now, I still think that for this box of matches to have escaped the wear of time for immemorial years was a strange, and for me, a most fortunate thing. Yet oddly enough I found here a far more unlikely substance, and that was camphor.

2. Not holding out a prospect of success; likely to fail; unpromising.

   unlikely means

Translations

Adverb

unlikely (comparative more unlikely, superlative most unlikely)

1. In an improbable manner.

Translations

Noun

unlikely (plural unlikelies)

1. Something or somebody considered unlikely.
   • 1980, Robert K. Lindsay, Applications of artificial intelligence for organic chemistry

     The molecular ion candidates are divided by the testing phase into three categories: rejects, unlikelies, and probables. Differences between each candidate and the prominent peaks in the spectrum are computed.

   • 1996, Laurie R. King, To Play the Fool

     "Here is my every possible phone number, plus a few unlikelies. And I've also put down the numbers of Karin and Wade, in case you've lost them. Karin can come anytime; Wade, up until six in the morning."

   • 2001, Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Marci Shimoff, Chicken soup for the mother's soul 2 (page 166)

     Then the most unlikely of unlikelies happened. We got another phone call. Another woman wanted to give us a baby—a boy, born just that morning. We walked into a hospital, and he was placed into my arms.

References

• unlikely in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

English

Etymology

From Middle English artificial (“man-made”) via Old French (modern French artificiel), from Latin artificialis from artificium (“skill”), from artifex, from ars (“skill”), and -fex, from facere (“to make”). Displaced native Old English cræftl??.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ä(r)t?f?sh'?l, IPA^(key): /??(?)t??f???l/
• Rhymes: -???l

Adjective

artificial (comparative more artificial, superlative most artificial)

1. Man-made; of artifice.

2. False, misleading.

3. Unnatural.

Synonyms

• artificious

Antonyms

• (unnatural): natural

Derived terms

Related terms

• artifact
• artifice
• artificer

Translations

See also

• fake

References

• artificial at OneLook Dictionary Search
• artificial in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• artificial in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin artifici?lis.

Adjective

artificial (plural artificials)

1. artificial

Derived terms

• intelichencia artificial

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin artifici?lis.

Adjective

artificial (epicene, plural artificiales)

1. artificial

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin artifici?lis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /??.ti.fi.si?al/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?r.ti.fi.si?al/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a?.ti.fi.si?al/

Adjective

artificial (masculine and feminine plural artificials)

1. artificial

   Antonym: natural

Derived terms

• artificialment
• intel·ligència artificial
• selecció artificial

Further reading

• “artificial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology

From Latin artifici?lis.

Adjective

artificial m or f (plural artificiais)

1. artificial

Derived terms

• artificialmente

Further reading

• “artificial” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin artifici?lis.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /??tifi?sja?/
• Hyphenation: ar?ti?fi?ci?al

Adjective

artificial m or f (plural artificiais, comparable)

1. artificial

Derived terms

• artificialmente

Romanian

Etymology

From French artificiel, from Latin artificialis.

Adjective

artificial m or n (feminine singular artificial?, masculine plural artificiali, feminine and neuter plural artificiale)

1. artificial

Declension

Related terms

• artificializa

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin artifici?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /a?tifi??jal/, [a?.t?i.fi??jal]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /a?tifi?sjal/, [a?.t?i.fi?sjal]
• Hyphenation: ar?ti?fi?cial

Adjective

artificial (plural artificiales)

1. artificial

Derived terms

Related terms

• artificio
• artificioso

Further reading

• “artificial” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.