unpredictive
- adjective
- /ˌʌnprɪˈdɪktɪv/
- Specialized
- These test results are considered unpredictive of actual patient outcomes.
Examples
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The economic model turned out to be largely unpredictive during volatile market conditions.
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An unpredictive algorithm fails to provide useful forecasts for decision-makers.
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The results were unpredictive of future trends.
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Her behavior was unpredictive lately.
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An unpredictive algorithm fails to provide useful forecasts for decision-makers.
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The economic model turned out to be largely unpredictive during volatile market conditions.
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These test results are considered unpredictive of actual patient outcomes.
Synonyms
Likely to change suddenly and hard to know in advance
Not regular or predictable and likely to change suddenly
Not able to be trusted to work or be right
Impossible to know before it happens
Changing often and not staying the same
Not able to correctly say what will happen
Not making predictions about the future
Not able to predict what will happen
Having no single predictable result because chance affects it
A process that can give different results with the same input, often in computer science
Likely to involve risk or an uncertain result
Antonyms
How Predictive
Surface Forms
Morphology
unpredictive = predictive (transparent) = un + predict + ive
The negation prefix 'un-' attaches to the adjective 'predictive' in a regular way to yield 'not predictive', so the step is straightforward for learners.
Etymology
The word unpredictive starts with un- meaning 'not' and uses predict, which comes from older parts pre- 'before' and dict 'say', so predict means 'say before'. So, something unpredictive cannot 'say before' what will happen and does not help you guess the future.