unforeseeable
pronunciation
How to pronounce unforeseeable in British English: UK [ˌʌnfɔ:ˈsi:əbl]
How to pronounce unforeseeable in American English: US [ˌʌnfɔrˈsiəbl]
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- Adjective:
- incapable of being anticipated
Word Origin
- unforeseeable (adj.)
- 1670s, from un- (1) "not" + foreseeable (see foresee). Related: Unforeseeably.
Example
- 1. What an unforeseeable accident !
- 2. War is basically unforeseeable , isn 't it ?
- 3. So is war unforeseeable , minister ?
- 4. If these people had been right , then others had been blind or negligent , and the latter preferred to represent themselves as victims of unforeseeable events .