long odds

noun

: a poor chance of winning

The team has made some major improvements, but they still face long odds.

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But that bill faces long odds, considering that many other Republicans do not support it and because there's controversy over the offsets. —Peter Sullivan, Axios, 8 Oct. 2024

However, with no team in WNBA history having ever come back from an 0-2 deficit in a best-of-five playoff series, the Aces faced long odds heading into Game 4. —Homero De La Fuente, CNN, 6 Oct. 2024

Zoom in: Democrats now have no choice but to attempt a political Hail Mary: lean on a series of races with long odds but surprisingly narrow polling deficits. —Noah Bressner, Axios, 27 Sep. 2024

And he should be encouraged by those others who somehow overcame the long odds to become names in the game. —Chuck Murr, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024