The phrase "less unlikely" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It means that something is not as improbable or unlikely as something else, but it is still not very likely. Example: Despite the stormy weather, it is less unlikely that the outdoor concert will be canceled, as the organizers have a backup plan for indoor venues.
Our viewing platform is no less unlikely.
It's simultaneously cheering and odd, but it seems a far less unlikely state of affairs when you see them live.
No less unlikely was the legendary September 1999 Dutch amateur league clash that saw former Dutch internationals Ruud Gullit and Marco van Basten go head to head.
Less unlikely are Britney Spears's "Toxic," and "I Will Always Love You," the Whitney Houston classic that the quartet delivered with a melting fervor.
("It's unlikely that he did," she says, discussing something Leonid might have done, "and a little less unlikely that he didn't").
The more I thought about my pleasurable experience in the post office, however, the less unlikely that place seemed to be for the arrival of a rush of joy.
Yet such a beast existed, and in its heyday it could have taught less-unlikely genres of jazz a thing or two, had they cared to listen.
This series of studies as well as other retrospective studies and prospective intervention trials (Table 1) have established that xylitol in the amount of 3.4 g/day or less is unlikely to be effective; amounts greater than 10 g/day are unlikely to yield further reductions; and frequency of exposure of 3 times/day or more is necessary for effectiveness.
This is less about unlikely harmonies than productive dissonances, the very kind the novel puts into play.
Low-trauma does not mean no trauma; someone with healthy bones who falls from a standing height or less is unlikely to break a bone, according to Dr. Sundeep Khosla, president of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research.
Memphis had never been host to a heavyweight championship fight, much less the unlikely site of the match that had been building ever since Lewis reigned briefly as the World Boxing Council champion before Tyson walked out of an Indiana prison in 1995.
