unpredictable
unpredictable adjective: unable to be predicted.
Adjective
unpredictable (comparative more unpredictable, superlative most unpredictable)
- 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.1958 September, C. Alan Cook, “Johannesburg's Fourth Station”, in Railway Magazine, page 639
- Sharks are not unpredictable; for the most part, they do exactly what an apex predator is expected to do.1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 146
- Synonyms:
- nonpredictable, vagabond
- Antonyms:
- predictable
Noun
unpredictable (plural unpredictables)
- 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.1960, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Motor Vehicle Safety: Hearing..., page 12
unpredictable meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Sanskrit
unpredictable in Hindi
- unpredictable
- अननुमेय annumey
unpredictable in Tamil
- ஊகிக்க முடியாத, கணிக்க இயலாத, முன்னறிந்து கூறமுடியாத, முன்பே அறியமுடியாத, எதிர்பாராத
unpredictable in Malayalam
- uncertain, unforeseeable, unsure
- അപ്രവചനീയമായ, പ്രവചിക്കാനാവാത്ത, പ്രവചനാതീതമായ, പ്രവചനങ്ങൾക്കു വഴങ്ങാത്ത, മുൻകൂട്ടികാണാനാവാത്ത, അനിശ്ചിതമായ
- moody, erratic, volatile
- പ്രവചനാതീതമായ, നിശ്ചിത പെരുമാറ്റരീതിയില്ലാത്ത, ഉറച്ച മാർഗ്ഗവും ലക്ഷ്യവും ഇല്ലാത്ത, സ്വഭാവ സ്ഥിരതയില്ലാത്ത, പെട്ടെന്നു മാറുന്ന മാനസികാവസ്ഥകളുള്ള, പെട്ടെന്നു ഭാവം പകരുന്ന
unpredictable in Sanskrit
- unpredictable, uninferable
- अननुमेय ananuméya
More languagesFewer languages
- unpredictable in Persian
- غیر قابل پیشبینی ġeyr-e qâbel-e piš-bini
Examples of unpredictable in a sentence
- English spelling is often regarded as confusing and unpredictable due to the mongrel nature of that language.
- I have always been on the receiving end of his unpredictable temper.
- Known for his innovative and unpredictable strokeplay, Dhoni had dead-batted this doosra straight back to the bowler.
Synonyms of unpredictable
Antonyms
Forms of unpredictable
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more unpredictable |
| superlative | most unpredictable |
| Noun | |
| plural | unpredictables |
Origin of unpredictable
From un- + predictable.
Words formed from unpredictable
Questions about unpredictable
- What does unpredictable mean?
- Unpredictable means unable to be predicted.
- What is unpredictable in Hindi?
- Unpredictable in Hindi is अननुमेय (annumey). See Unpredictable meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is unpredictable?
- Unpredictable can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near unpredictable in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: unpredictable (page history and authors); अननुमेय (Hindi) (page history and authors); unpredictable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unpredictable (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); अननुमेय (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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