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US
/ˌənpɹɪˈdɪktəbəɫ/
]
[ UK /ʌnpɹɪdˈɪktəbəl/ ]
[ UK /ʌnpɹɪdˈɪktəbəl/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
not occurring at a regular rate or fixed intervals
an irregular heartbeat -
unknown in advance
an unpredictable (or indeterminable) future - not capable of being foretold
How To Use unpredictable In A Sentence
- Unpredictable, emotional and alive, it is, in keeping with the area, soul with the rough edges intact.
- The postmodern perspective, on the other hand, views the movement of historical time to be radically contingent and unpredictable.
- These major die-offs will continue to occur at unpredictable intervals when the most extensive, persistent, extremely unfavourable snow and ice conditions prevail.
- The indie science-fiction movie is an unpredictable beast. Times, Sunday Times
- There is also high political risk resulting from the government's erratic and unpredictable policies. Times, Sunday Times
- Kim Jong Il, who passed away Saturday from an apparent heart attack at the age of 69 - the official cause was "overwork" - was an old-school dictator, predictably unpredictable. Washington Post: Breaking News, World, US, DC News & Analysis
- In their opening and closing games England's lumbering back four were hopelessly outmanoeuvred by bursts of fast, mobile, unpredictable attacks, like tankers anchored as speedboats darted around them.
- The weather there can be a bit unpredictable - one minute it's blue skies and the next minute it's pouring down.
- He was untamable and completely unpredictable, as though he was driven by an interior violence out of his control.
- You have all the elements of a potential disaster in the making, speed, unpredictable elements, cold weather and mountains.