unpredictable
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Synonyms
capricious, changeable, changeful, fickle, flickery, fluctuating, fluid, inconsistent, inconstant, mercurial, mutable, skittish, temperamental, uncertain, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, variable, volatile
Antonyms
certain, changeless, constant, immutable, invariable, predictable, settled, stable, stationary, steady, unchangeable, unchanging, unvarying
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Platt’s 2018 season could best be described as unpredictable, with a myriad of twists that led the Panthers to the Class L state semifinal game. — Shawn Mcfarland, courant.com, "High school football: After whirlwind 2018 season, Platt looks to move on and focus on the present," 22 Aug. 2019 Life is unpredictable, and random things happen to us all the time. — Quanta Magazine, "The Puzzling Search for Perfect Randomness," 20 Aug. 2019 The former British ambassador to Washington called his administration dysfunctional, unpredictable, faction-riven, diplomatically clumsy and inept. — The Economist, "Are Western democracies becoming ungovernable?," 1 Aug. 2019 Her live shows are often unpredictable, but the spectacle should never replace the song. — Lisawhill, Longreads, "Live Through This: Courtney Love at 55," 9 July 2019 Democrats can fairly criticize Mr. Trump for being unpredictable, even erratic, but not for being right about Iranian behavior. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, "The Iran Hawk Returns," 24 June 2019 Rome is noisy and unpredictable, which could be stressful for an autistic child (and, of course, his father). — Will Hawkes, Houston Chronicle, "He promised his son Rome — would it deliver?," 14 June 2019 Inventive and unpredictable, a facilitator and finisher, the right wing raises the entertainment value and adds a clever element to the high-powered attack. — Steven Goff, The Denver Post, "U.S. soccer team roster for the 2019 Women’s World Cup," 10 June 2019 Again, unique—and therefore unpredictable—circumstances are always required in order for those emotions to result in decisions as grave as going to war. — Rony Brauman, Harper's magazine, "Salable Virtues," 10 Apr. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unpredictable.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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