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
As a next step, Dr. Cook and his colleagues plan to investigate whether Ronan can move in time with beats that are more unpredictable.
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Gennaro Tomma, New York Times, 1 May 2025
While there is much speculation about the front-runners to succeed Francis, the process of choosing a new pope is largely unpredictable.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
People are unpredictable, distracted, under pressure.
—John Bowe, CNBC, 1 May 2025
Patterson has made Judy into a dynamo, a standout on a show of standouts, and arguably the most unpredictable character in a world where Walton Goggins plays an elderly religious showman with a cocaine problem and a love of water skiing naked.
—Brian Grubb, Vulture, 1 May 2025
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Gennaro Tomma, New York Times, 1 May 2025
While there is much speculation about the front-runners to succeed Francis, the process of choosing a new pope is largely unpredictable.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
People are unpredictable, distracted, under pressure.
—John Bowe, CNBC, 1 May 2025
Patterson has made Judy into a dynamo, a standout on a show of standouts, and arguably the most unpredictable character in a world where Walton Goggins plays an elderly religious showman with a cocaine problem and a love of water skiing naked.
—Brian Grubb, Vulture, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpredictable
Adjective
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Some of the problems are caused by a volatile economic landscape.—
Jack Kelly,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2025
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Indian authorities have evacuated tens of thousands of civilians from villages near the volatile frontier.—
Rajesh Roy,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2025
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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If parts would collapse in real life, the system identifies the first unstable brick and backtracks, removing it and all subsequent bricks before trying a different approach.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
9 May 2025
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The board’s failure to act courageously sent shockwaves through the organization, resulting in an unstable interim period that unnerved both shareholders and employees.—
Keith D. Dorsey,
Forbes.com,
7 May 2025
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“Unpredictable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpredictable. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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