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unforeseeability

unforeseeability noun: inability to be predicted or anticipated.

Noun

unforeseeability (uncountable)

  1. Inability to be predicted or anticipated.
    • An Indiana appellate court, affirming a lower court’s decision, dismissed the suit, for reasons that include the unforeseeability of the accident.2003 May 28, Jim Porter, "Making sense of the rules of law," www.sierrasun.com (retrieved 20 Sep. 2011)
    • No man is responsible for that which no man can control. (The unforeseeability defense).2009 December 6, Matt Richtel, “A Victim’s Daughter Takes the Cellphone Industry to Court”, in New York Times, retrieved 20 Sep 2011

Synonyms of unforeseeability

Antonyms

Origin of unforeseeability

From un- + foreseeability.

Questions about unforeseeability

What does unforeseeability mean?
Unforeseeability means inability to be predicted or anticipated.
What part of speech is unforeseeability?
Unforeseeability is a noun.

Words near unforeseeability in the dictionary

  1. unforeknowable
  2. unforeknowing
  3. unforeknown
  4. unforensic
  5. unforeordained
  6. unforeseeability
  7. unforeseeable
  8. unforeseeableness
  9. unforeseeables
  10. unforeseeably
  11. unforeseeing

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