unpredicted

Examples

• All

• Participants may diverge from their original ideas and proposals into new fields, unpredicted action, and creative insights.

  Academic text (2001)

• And as you've seen, changes come about very quickly in response to events—some of them unpredicted.

  Blog text (25)

• We need to change what we are doing rather than rely on something unpredicted and totally out of our control.

  Blog text (9)

• Like what were the the big unpredicted insights that you got on this journey?

• And feelings provide the value system which enables choice in unpredicted novel situations.

• Everything we're seeing is new and unpredicted," Roelof says.

  Blog text (18)

• Then, in 1927, came an unpredicted breakthrough.

  Academic text (1992)

• According to the events process theorists, such an unpredicted economic crisis is highly likely to dissolve the cabinet.

  Academic text (2013)

• The surprise was the unpredicted discovery that ozone was disappearing over Antarctica every year in spring.

  Academic text (1995)

• The hurricane's unpredicted path caught everyone off guard and caused widespread damage.

Synonyms

U

unexpected

vsunpredicted

392 2.5

Happening without warning

focuses on lack of prediction rather than suddenness

U

unforeseen

vsunpredicted

37 4.7

Not expected to happen

is the general notion of not being predicted or anticipated

U

unplanned

vsunpredicted

25 3.5

Happening by chance without getting ready first

focuses on absence of prediction rather than absence of planning

U

unseen

vsunpredicted

12 5.1

Not expected before and causing trouble or surprise

focuses on lack of prior prediction rather than lack of notice

U

unanticipated

vsunpredicted

10 5.8

Happening suddenly without warning

is the same idea but stated in a more neutral form

U

unsuspected

vsunpredicted

2 5.3

Not known or expected to be there

applies more generally to events not predicted rather than belief

U

unheralded

vsunpredicted

1 7.4

Happening suddenly without warning

is about lack of prior warning rather than missing announcement

U

unlooked-for

vsunpredicted

1 8.0

Not expected and coming as a surprise

is similar but emphasises absence of prediction rather than personal expectation

U

unlooked

vsunpredicted

• Archaic

1 8.9

Not expected and often surprising

means not predicted in general rather than simply not sought

U

unwonted

vsunpredicted

• Literature

1 9.9

Not usual or expected in a situation

describes lack of prediction more directly rather than general unusualness

U

unguessed

vsunpredicted

7.4

No one knows what it is

covers lack of prior prediction broadly rather than failed guesses

U

unhoped-for

vsunpredicted

7.8

An unexpected pleasant event that brings good results

shares unexpectedness but lacks the positive or hopeful nuance

U

unhoped

vsunpredicted

9.9

Very unexpected and better than anyone imagined

is about not being predicted rather than expressing surprise with hope

U

unthought-of

vsunpredicted

7.9

No one expects it before it happens

is about absence of prediction rather than absence of imagination

Antonyms

A

anticipated

3.7

Likely to happen soon and making people feel excited

How Expected

foreseeable

59 4.3

surprising

433 1.8

unpredicted

1 5.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology