unheard-of vs unlikely

unheard-of

adj
  • Unknown or known to only few people. 

  • Previously unknown; unprecedented. 

unlikely

adj
  • Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected. 

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

noun
  • Something or somebody considered unlikely. 

adv
  • In an improbable manner. 

How often have the words unheard-of and unlikely occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )