unforeseeable en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From un- + foreseeable.
Meanings
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Incapable of being foreseen or anticipated.
The proposition that socialism can only come about by revolution thus becomes a tautology; Jaurès failed to notice this, and dismissed the question as to what form the revolution would take as a barren speculation relating to the unforeseeable future.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 138:Traincrew management has always been a bit of a black art, rather than a science. The present traincrew difficulties that beset the UK rail industry are neither new nor were they unforeseeable.
2022 November 16, Graham Eccles, “The Rest Day Working saga...”, in RAIL, number 970, page 32:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most unforeseeable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more unforeseeable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
previsible · anticipatable · foretellable · predictable · foreseeable · anticipable
Deriveds
unforeseeableness · unforeseeably
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Synonyms
Translations (33)
ru непредви́денный (incapable of being foreseen) · hu előre nem látható (incapable of being foreseen) · sk nepredvídateľný (incapable of being foreseen) · ca imprevisible (incapable of being foreseen) · it imprevisibile (incapable of being foreseen) · cmn 不可預見的 /不可预见的 (incapable of being foreseen) · uk непередба́чливий (incapable of being foreseen) · eo neantaŭvidebla (incapable of being foreseen) · pt imprevisível (incapable of being foreseen) · es imprevisible (incapable of being foreseen) · da uforudseelig (incapable of being foreseen) · cmn 無法預見的 /无法预见的 (incapable of being foreseen) · cmn 無法預料的 /无法预料的 (incapable of being foreseen) · el απρόβλεπτος (incapable of being foreseen) · nl onvoorzienbaar (incapable of being foreseen) · be непрадба́чаны (incapable of being foreseen) · de unvorhersehbar (incapable of being foreseen) · hu előreláthatatlan (incapable of being foreseen) · fr imprévisible (incapable of being foreseen) · pl nieprzewidywalny (incapable of being foreseen) · sl nepredvidljiv (incapable of being foreseen) · mk непредвидлив (incapable of being foreseen) · fi ennalta-arvaamaton (incapable of being foreseen) · uk непередба́чуваний (incapable of being foreseen) · sh nepredvìdljiv (incapable of being foreseen) · sv oförutsebar (incapable of being foreseen) · sh непредвѝдљив (incapable of being foreseen) · it imprevedibile (incapable of being foreseen) · cs nepředvídatelný (incapable of being foreseen) · da uforudselig (incapable of being foreseen) · ast imprevisible (incapable of being foreseen) · pl nieobliczalny (incapable of being foreseen) · bg непредвиди́м (incapable of being foreseen)