unpredictable

unpredictable
unpredictability, unpredictableness, n.unpredictably, adv.
/un'pri dik"teuh beuhl/, adj.
1. not predictable; not to be foreseen or foretold: an unpredictable occurrence.
n.
2. something that is unpredictable: the unpredictables of life.
[1855-60; UN-1 + PREDICTABLE]
Syn. 1. erratic, fitful, variable, uncertain.

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