- unpredictable
- unpredictable (adj.) 1857, from UN- (Cf. un-) (1) "not" + PREDICTABLE (Cf. predictable). Related: Unpredictably; unpredictability.
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unpredictable — UK US /ˌʌnprɪˈdɪktəbl/ adjective ► if something is unpredictable, it is likely to change suddenly and unexpectedly, so cannot be planned for: » To protect it from the unpredictable nature of software sales, the company has adopted a new business… … Financial and business terms
unpredictable — I adjective aberrant, arbitrary, capricious, causeless, changeable, changeful, deviative, eccentric, erratic, fanciful, fickle, fitful, incalculable, inconstant, irregular, mercurial, mutable, random, spasmodic, speculative, unaccountable,… … Law dictionary
unpredictable — [adj] changeable capricious, chance, chancy, dicey*, doubtful, erratic, fickle, fluctuating, fluky*, from left field*, hanging by a thread*, iffy*, incalculable, inconstant, random, touch and go*, touchy, uncertain, unforeseeable, unreliable,… … New thesaurus
unpredictable — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not able to be predicted; changeable. DERIVATIVES unpredictability noun unpredictably adverb … English terms dictionary
unpredictable — [spelling only] … English World dictionary
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unpredictable — un|pre|dict|a|ble [ˌʌnprıˈdıktəbəl] adj 1.) changing a lot so it is impossible to know what will happen ▪ unpredictable weather ▪ the unpredictable nature of language 2.) someone who is unpredictable tends to change their behaviour or ideas… … Dictionary of contemporary English
unpredictable — [[t]ʌ̱nprɪdɪ̱ktəb(ə)l[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you describe someone or something as unpredictable, you mean that you cannot tell what they are going to do or how they are going to behave. He is utterly unpredictable. ...Britain s notoriously… … English dictionary
unpredictable — adjective 1 something that is unpredictable changes a lot so it is impossible to know what will happen: The weather in Britain is very unpredictable. 2 someone who is unpredictable tends to change their behaviour or ideas suddenly so that you… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
unpredictable — unpredictability, unpredictableness, n. unpredictably, adv. /un pri dik teuh beuhl/, adj. 1. not predictable; not to be foreseen or foretold: an unpredictable occurrence. n. 2. something that is unpredictable: the unpredictables of life. [1855… … Universalium
