Meaning & use

unpredictable

adjective·Academic

Not able to be known or foreseen in advance; likely to change without warning.

See it in a sentence

Mountain weather can be unpredictable, changing from sunshine to storm within an hour.

His unpredictable temper made his coworkers nervous around him all day.

A note on using this word

Unpredictable often implies a degree of risk or instability, more than simply uncertain.

Words with a similar meaning

erraticuncertain

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Words with an opposite meaning

predictableconsistent

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