unforeseeably
- adverb
- /ˌʌn.fɔːrˈsiː.ə.bli/
- Unforeseeably, the meeting was postponed due to circumstances beyond our control.
Examples
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The ideal of equality, he believed, could be reached only under completely different conditions, in an unforeseeably distant future.
Academic text (1991) -
Rice's answer here is designed to convince the average Joe that there was a robust security force in place and it simply got overrun by a shockingly, unforeseeably large, organized jihadi force.
Blog text (13) -
I apologize in advance for the discomfort you may experience during our travels, but we are unforeseeably overbooked.
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Louie remembered them from Jemma's wedding, two and a half years before: Ruth, who was a head taller than the others, had been warm to Louie, but always dignified, something about her a little afraid, gray eyes always looking past a person into his unforeseeably dangerous future.
Fiction book (2000) -
The weather can change quite suddenly, and it may unforeseeably rain during our picnic.
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Her decision to move to another city was unforeseeably influenced by her friend's advice.
Synonyms
Happening without any warning
In a way you cannot guess before it happens
In a way people do not expect
How Predictable
Surface Forms
Morphology
unforeseeably = unforeseeable (transparent) = un + foresee + able + ly
Formed by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' to the transparent adjective 'unforeseeable'.
Etymology
Unforeseeably breaks into un- 'not', fore- 'before' and see 'to see', a simple picture of 'not able to see before'. So, it means something happens in a way you could not predict.