Unforeseeable

adj

adj ·5 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Incapable of being foreseen or anticipated.

    "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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    incapable of being anticipated wordnet

Example

More examples

"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."

Etymology

From un- + foreseeable.

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