Phrase guide

statistically improbable phrase

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A sequence of words, constituting a multiword phrase, occurring exclusively in a certain set of documents, or more commonly in those documents than in wider usage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The phrase "computationally impractical to reverse" is a statistically improbable phrase found in the Bitcoin documentation.

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: phrase, collocation, utterance, charstring, string

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