as in volatile
likely to change frequently, suddenly, or unexpectedly
unpredictable spring weather that makes it really hard to know what to wear
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Recent Examples of unpredictable
Rather than to two mostly rational superpowers, the world is now hostage to three unpredictable and dangerous leaders: Putin, Trump, and Xi.
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Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 23 Jan. 2025
The lack of a clear front-runner has made this awards season – and the road to the 97th Academy Awards on March 2 – somewhat unpredictable if not intriguing.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
According to The War Zone, a specialist outlet, air defense threats of nowadays are more diverse, complex, and unpredictable than before.
—Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
Laws and norms govern their actions to a degree but the human element is unpredictable.
—Richard Bishop, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 23 Jan. 2025
The lack of a clear front-runner has made this awards season – and the road to the 97th Academy Awards on March 2 – somewhat unpredictable if not intriguing.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
According to The War Zone, a specialist outlet, air defense threats of nowadays are more diverse, complex, and unpredictable than before.
—Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
Laws and norms govern their actions to a degree but the human element is unpredictable.
—Richard Bishop, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for unpredictable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpredictable
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But, looking at a slightly longer period, the increase in MMM stock over the last four-year period has been far from consistent, with annual returns being more volatile than the S&P 500.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Trump has pledged to hand management of his assets to his children, but ethics experts have criticized his crypto ventures as raising conflict of interest issues and stoking speculation in a volatile asset class.—
Tom Westbrook,
USA TODAY,
22 Jan. 2025
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Hers is the kind of face that inspires directors to tight framing — gleaming, as if smoothed from marble, and yet somehow pliant, changeful.—
Jordan Kisner Jack Davison,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2022
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Rigorous, blustery winter; winding sleety spring; hot, moist enervating summer; changeful autumn with its dog-days; these are absolutely unknown.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Jan. 2023
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But then he got trapped when the canyon became steep and unstable, park officials said.—
Helena Wegner,
Sacramento Bee,
20 Jan. 2025
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Park rangers at Death Valley National Park in California rescued a man who got stranded in a steep and unstable gully, the National Park Service said Sunday.—
Kierra Frazier,
CBS News,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Unpredictable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpredictable. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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