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#185313 06/13/2009 7:42 AM
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Hi guys, I wanted to check if there exists a word which means the phrase "against all odds". Can you please help me if we have a word for this in english language? if not in any other language?

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"Unlikely" is not quite strong enough but "improbable" might do.

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There are some options here, also.

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Overwhelming evidence!

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It might help if we had some context. Typically "against all odds" is used in a context that implies that there was success anyway. All these so-called synonyms leave out that aspect.

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Ran welcome

Long shot, no way, far fetched, unimaginable, implausible

Probably you've already been there, but if not

http://onelook.com/?w=*&loc=revfp2&clue=unlikely+happening


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I have read of people using the word "Talebian." It's a reference to the topic of a book by Nassim Taleb, "The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable."


http://www.amazon.com/Black-Swan-Impact-Highly-Improbable/dp/1400063515

http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/imbeciles.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassim_Nicholas_Taleb


edit:
On reflection, the suggested term "Talebian" is related, but it doesn't convey the meaning "against all odds."

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Ranjog #185513 06/28/2009 8:46 PM
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You need an adverb.

If whatever occurred was really against ALL odds, it must have happened miraculously, no?

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No.


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