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# unpredictable

adjective (unpredictable)

«unpredictable» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Unpredictable means impossible to know or say beforehand what will happen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpredictable/#m1)
2. An unpredictable person or animal behaves in ways you cannot guess, sometimes calm and sometimes not. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpredictable/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science and geography: unpredictable weather, earthquakes and volcanoes. In maths and probability: a dice roll is unpredictable, but over many rolls we can predict patterns. In safety: unknown dogs and wild animals can be unpredictable, so ask before stroking. In stories, an unpredictable character keeps readers guessing.

### Examples

- British weather is unpredictable, so take a coat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpredictable/#x1)
- A dice roll is unpredictable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpredictable/#x2)
- Wild animals can be unpredictable – don't feed them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpredictable/#x3)
- The ending of the book was unpredictable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpredictable/#x4)
- Earthquakes are hard to predict, so they seem unpredictable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpredictable/#x5)
- My little sister's moods are unpredictable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpredictable/#x6)
- The match was unpredictable until the last minute. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpredictable/#x7)

### Note

Opposite: «predictable». In maths, one roll of a fair dice is unpredictable, but each number has a chance of 1 in 6. Noun: «unpredictability».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «unpredictable» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpredictable/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«unpredictable» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/unpredictable.html) on Mova free.