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.) 1857, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + PREDICTABLE (Cf. predictable). Related: Unpredictably; unpredictability … Etymology 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
Unpredictable — Infobox Album Name = Unpredictable Type = studio Artist = Jamie Foxx Released = December 20, 2005 (US) Recorded = 2004 2005 Genre = R B, hip pop Length = 62:25 Label = J Producer = Timbaland Kanye West Mike City Sean Garrett Tank Babyface Drama… … Wikipedia
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 — 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
