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unforeseeable

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Incapable of being foreseen or anticipated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: imprevisible, unforetellable

Antonyms: foreseeable, foretellable, previsible, predictable, anticipable, anticipatable

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

incapable of being anticipated

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • unforeseeable consequences

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From un- + foreseeable.

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: imprevisible — incapable of being foreseen
  • Belarusian: непрадба́чаны (njepradbáčany) — incapable of being foreseen
  • Bulgarian: непредвиди́м (nepredvidím) — incapable of being foreseen
  • Catalan: imprevisible — incapable of being foreseen
  • Chinese Mandarin: 無法預見的 /无法预见的 (wúfǎ yùjiàn de) — incapable of being foreseen
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不可預見的 /不可预见的 (bù kě yùjiàn de) — incapable of being foreseen
  • Chinese Mandarin: 無法預料的 /无法预料的 (wúfǎ yùliào de) — incapable of being foreseen
  • Czech: nepředvídatelný — incapable of being foreseen
  • Danish: uforudseelig — incapable of being foreseen
  • Danish: uforudselig — incapable of being foreseen
  • Dutch: onvoorzienbaar — incapable of being foreseen
  • Esperanto: neantaŭvidebla — incapable of being foreseen
  • Finnish: ennalta-arvaamaton — incapable of being foreseen
  • French: imprévisible — incapable of being foreseen
  • German: unvorhersehbar — incapable of being foreseen
  • Greek: απρόβλεπτος (apróvleptos) — incapable of being foreseen
  • Hungarian: előre nem látható — incapable of being foreseen
  • Hungarian: előreláthatatlan — incapable of being foreseen
  • Italian: imprevedibile — incapable of being foreseen
  • Italian: imprevisibile — incapable of being foreseen
  • Macedonian: непредвидлив (nepredvidliv) — incapable of being foreseen
  • Polish: nieprzewidywalny — incapable of being foreseen
  • Polish: nieobliczalny — incapable of being foreseen
  • Portuguese: imprevisível — incapable of being foreseen
  • Russian: непредви́денный (nepredvídennyj) — incapable of being foreseen
  • Serbo-Croatian: непредвѝдљив — incapable of being foreseen
  • Serbo-Croatian: nepredvìdljiv — incapable of being foreseen
  • Slovak: nepredvídateľný — incapable of being foreseen
  • Slovene: nepredvidljiv — incapable of being foreseen
  • Spanish: imprevisible — incapable of being foreseen
  • Swedish: oförutsebar — incapable of being foreseen
  • Ukrainian: непередба́чуваний (neperedbáčuvanyj) — incapable of being foreseen
  • Ukrainian: непередба́чливий (neperedbáčlyvyj) — incapable of being foreseen