unforeseeably

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.

  Machete Kills (2013)

• 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.

• Her decision to move to another city was unforeseeably influenced by her friend's advice.

Synonyms

U

unexpectedly

vsunforeseeably

99 2.3

Happening without any warning

means cannot be predicted or anticipated rather than only sudden

U

unpredictably

vsunforeseeably

4 4.8

In a way you cannot guess before it happens

means cannot be predicted at all rather than merely irregular

U

unanticipatedly

vsunforeseeably

7.9

In a way people do not expect

means cannot be predicted rather than simply not expected

How Predictable

certainly

∞ 1.0

predictably

31 3.4

unexpectedly

99 2.3

unpredictably

4 4.8

unforeseeably

7.2

Surface Forms

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Etymology