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unforeseeable

unforeseeable adjective: incapable of being foreseen or anticipated.

Adjective

unforeseeable (comparative more unforeseeable, superlative most unforeseeable)

  1. Incapable of being foreseen or anticipated.
    • The proposition that socialism can only come about by revolution thus becomes a tautology; Jaurès failed to notice this, and dismissed the question as to what form the revolution would take as a barren speculation relating to the unforeseeable future.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in...
    • Traincrew management has always been a bit of a black art, rather than a science. The present traincrew difficulties that beset the UK rail industry are neither new nor were they unforeseeable.2022 November 16, Graham Eccles, “The Rest Day Working saga...”, in RAIL, number 970, page 32

Synonyms of unforeseeable

Antonyms

Forms of unforeseeable

comparativemore unforeseeable
superlativemost unforeseeable

Origin of unforeseeable

From un- + foreseeable.

Words formed from unforeseeable

Questions about unforeseeable

What does unforeseeable mean?
Unforeseeable means incapable of being foreseen or anticipated.
What part of speech is unforeseeable?
Unforeseeable is an adjective.

Words near unforeseeable in the dictionary

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

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