The accident was caused chiefly by the unpredictable weather.
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Unpredictable
Synonyms for "unpredictable" (170 found)
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extraordinaryfaddishfast and loosefatalfatidicficklefitfulflickeringflightyflirtatiousflittingfluctuantfluctuatingflukyfortuitousfreakfreakishgiddyhazardoushesitant
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precariousquicksilverramblingrestlessriskyrockyroguerovingscatterbrainedshakyshapelessshiftingshiftyshufflingskepticalskittishspasmodicspinelesssporadicsudden
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temperamentaltotterytouch-and-gotouchytoyingtreacherousunaccountableunannouncedunanticipateduncauseduncertainunconfirmableuncontrolledunconvincedundependableundeterminedundisciplinedundivinableundivinedunexpectedunfixedunforeseenunguessedunhealthyunheraldedunhoped forunlooked forunlooked-forunpersuadedunpredictedunprepared forunprovableunreliableunrestrainedunsafeunsettledunsoundunstableunstable as waterunstaidunsteadfastunsteadyunsureuntrustworthyunverifiablevacillatingvagrantvariableversatilevicissitudinaryvicissitudinousvolatilewanderingwantonwaveringwaverywavywaywardwhimsicalwishy washywishy-washywithout warning
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16 entriesTranslations
47 translations across 31 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- անկանխատեսելի adj (unable to be predicted)
Belarusian
1 entries- непрадказа́льны adj (unable to be predicted)
Bulgarian
1 entries- непредсказу́ем adj (unable to be predicted)
Catalan
1 entries- imprevisible adj (unable to be predicted)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 不可預知的 /不可预知的 adj (unable to be predicted)
- 不可預知的事情 noun (unpredictable thing)
- 不可预知的事情 noun (unpredictable thing)
Czech
1 entries- nepředvídatelný adj (unable to be predicted)
Danish
1 entries- uforudsigelig adj (unable to be predicted)
Dutch
1 entries- onvoorspelbaar adj (unable to be predicted)
Finnish
4 entries- ennalta-arvaamaton adj (unable to be predicted)
- ennustamaton adj (unable to be predicted)
- odottamaton adj (unable to be predicted)
- yllätys noun (unpredictable thing)
French
2 entries- imprévisible adj (unable to be predicted)
- imprévisible noun (unpredictable thing)
German
2 entries- unvorhersagbar adj (unable to be predicted)
- Unvorhersehbares noun (unpredictable thing)
Hebrew
2 entries- בלתי צפוי adj (unable to be predicted)
- בלתי צפוי noun (unpredictable thing)
Hungarian
1 entries- kiszámíthatatlan adj (unable to be predicted)
Icelandic
2 entries- ófyrirsjáanlegur adj (unable to be predicted)
- óútreiknanlegur adj (unable to be predicted)
Italian
2 entries- imprevedibile adj (unable to be predicted)
- imprevisto noun (unpredictable thing)
Japanese
3 entries- 予測できない adj (unable to be predicted)
- 先が見えない adj (unable to be predicted)
- 一寸先は闇 noun (unpredictable thing)
Korean
1 entries- 예측할 수 없다 adj (unable to be predicted)
Macedonian
1 entries- непредвидлив adj (unable to be predicted)
Māori
2 entries- kumukumu adj (unable to be predicted)
- matawhawhati adj (unable to be predicted)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- uforutsigbar adj (unable to be predicted)
Persian
1 entries- غیر قابل پیشبینی adj (unable to be predicted)
Polish
1 entries- nieprzewidywalny adj (unable to be predicted)
Portuguese
1 entries- imprevisível adj (unable to be predicted)
Romanian
3 entries- impredictibil adj (unable to be predicted)
- imprevizibil adj (unable to be predicted)
- neprevizibil adj (unable to be predicted)
Russian
1 entries- непредсказу́емый adj (unable to be predicted)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- nepredvìdljiv adj (unable to be predicted)
- непредвѝдљив adj (unable to be predicted)
Slovak
1 entries- nepredvídateľný adj (unable to be predicted)
Slovene
1 entries- nepredvidljiv adj (unable to be predicted)
Spanish
1 entries- impredecible adj (unable to be predicted)
Swedish
1 entries- oförutsägbar adj (unable to be predicted)
Ukrainian
1 entries- непередба́чуваний adj (unable to be predicted)
Sample sentences
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Both of them are unpredictable and impatient.
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They were polar opposites: one was honest and reliable, whilst the other was unpredictable and irresponsible.
Source: tatoeba (1693998)
They're unpredictable.
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