unpredictable

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unpredictable

adjective more unpredictable · most unpredictable

  1. Unable to be predicted. 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.

    Similar: nonpredictable, vagabond · Opposite: predictable

noun unpredictables

  1. An unpredictable thing. Other unpredictables, like the recent unexpected blizzards and those of 2 years ago, or a hurricane can cost us many thousands of dollars, and have a severe impact on equipment and facilities.

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Closest in meaning: indeterminable, irregular, undeterminable, unforeseeable, capricious, sporadic, freakish, occasional, episodic, aleatory, unexpected, unsure, inconsistent, uncertain, uncontrollable, random

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adj unable to be predicted

Españolimpredecible
한국어예측할 수 없다 yecheukhal su eopda
日本語予測できない yosoku dekinai, 先が見えない saki ga mienai
中文不可預知的 /不可预知的 bùkě yùzhī de
Portuguêsimprevisível
Françaisimprévisible
Deutschunvorhersagbar
Italianoimprevedibile
Românăneprevizibil, impredictibil, imprevizibil
Русскийнепредсказу́емый nepredskazújemyj
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noun unpredictable thing

日本語一寸先は闇 issunsaki ha yami
中文不可預知的事情, 不可预知的事情 bù kě yùzhī de shìqíng
Françaisimprévisible
DeutschUnvorhersehbares
Italianoimprevisto
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@misc{unpredictable_2026,
  title = {unpredictable},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unpredictable},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}