unpredictable en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English predict Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English predictable English unpredictable From un- + predictable.
Meanings
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Unable to be predicted.
Sharks are not unpredictable; for the most part, they do exactly what an apex predator is expected to do.
1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 146:It has, therefore, always been a major problem for South African railways to cater adequately for this unpredictable city; three stations have had to be built on the present site during the last fifty years.
1958 September 14, C. Alan Cook, “Johannesburg's Fourth Station”, in Railway Magazine, page 639:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more unpredictable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most unpredictable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
unpredictability · unpredictably · unpredictableness
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Translations (39)
nl onvoorspelbaar (unable to be predicted) · ko 예측할 수 없다 (unable to be predicted) · cs nepředvídatelný (unable to be predicted) · mk непредвидлив (unable to be predicted) · ca imprevisible (unable to be predicted) · sk nepredvídateľný (unable to be predicted) · fi ennustamaton (unable to be predicted) · be непрадказа́льны (unable to be predicted) · da uforudsigelig (unable to be predicted) · sh nepredvìdljiv (unable to be predicted) · uk непередба́чуваний (unable to be predicted) · cmn 不可預知的 /不可预知的 (unable to be predicted) · mi matawhawhati (unable to be predicted) · sl nepredvidljiv (unable to be predicted) · fr imprévisible (unable to be predicted) · pl nieprzewidywalny (unable to be predicted) · hy անկանխատեսելի (unable to be predicted) · hu kiszámíthatatlan (unable to be predicted) · es impredecible (unable to be predicted) · sv oförutsägbar (unable to be predicted) · nb uforutsigbar (unable to be predicted) · he בלתי צפוי (unable to be predicted) · pt imprevisível (unable to be predicted) · ro impredictibil (unable to be predicted) · ro neprevizibil (unable to be predicted) · is óútreiknanlegur (unable to be predicted) · bg непредсказу́ем (unable to be predicted) · de unvorhersagbar (unable to be predicted) · is ófyrirsjáanlegur (unable to be predicted) · fi odottamaton (unable to be predicted) · ja 先が見えない (unable to be predicted) · fi ennalta-arvaamaton (unable to be predicted) · it imprevedibile (unable to be predicted) · fa غیر قابل پیشبینی (unable to be predicted) · ro imprevizibil (unable to be predicted) · mi kumukumu (unable to be predicted) · ja 予測できない (unable to be predicted) · ru непредсказу́емый (unable to be predicted) · sh непредвѝдљив (unable to be predicted)