Significato di unpredictable in inglese

unpredictable

adjective

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/ˌʌn.prɪˈdɪk.tə.bəl/ us

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/ˌʌn.prɪˈdɪk.tə.bəl/

likely to change suddenly and without reason and therefore not able to be predicted (= expected before it happens) or depended on:

The weather there can be unpredictable - one minute it's blue skies and the next minute it's pouring rain.

The hours in this job are very unpredictable - you sometimes have to work late at very short notice.

Altri esempi

She's very unpredictable so there's no knowing how she'll react to the news.
Unfortunately the outcome of this kind of treatment can be rather unpredictable.
He's fun to be with but can be a bit unpredictable at times, you never know what kind of mood he's going to be in.
I really enjoy having a holiday in the UK, if only the weather weren't so unpredictable.
The finishing time is a bit unpredictable, it depends how things go.

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unpredictability

unpredictably

(Definizione di unpredictable dal Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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unpredictable

adjective

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/ˌʌn·prɪˈdɪk·tə·bəl/

tending to change suddenly and without reason or warning, and therefore not able to be depended on:

unpredictable weather

The world is pretty unpredictable.

unpredictability

noun [ U ] us/ˌʌn·prɪˌdɪk·təˈbɪl·ət̬·i/

(Definizione di unpredictable dal Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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unpredictable

adjective

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/ˌʌnprɪˈdɪktəbl/ us

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if something is unpredictable, it is likely to change suddenly and unexpectedly, so cannot be planned for:

To protect it from the unpredictable nature of software sales, the company has adopted a new business model.

unpredictable effects/events/factors Unpredictable events can have a huge impact on bond values.

It is a very unpredictable market.

The turmoil on Wall Street is emblematic of how the credit mess is spreading in unpredictable ways.

an unpredictable outcome/result

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unpredictability

noun [ U ]

Stocks carry more risks than bonds because of the unpredictability of corporate profits.

unpredictably

adverb

When share prices go up and down unpredictably, investors tend to sit on their hands.

(Definizione di unpredictable dal Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Esempi di unpredictable

unpredictable

Moreover, the precision and location of neural damage is reasonably well controlled in laboratory studies but is unpredictable in the human.

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In our study, readers skipped 31% of predictable words compared with 22% of the unpredictable words.

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The main difficulty lies in dynamic or unpredictable environments since frequent re-modelling and re-planning deteriorates robot performance.

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The flow and field fluctuations are nonperiodic, unpredictable, and apparently random.

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The main issue is which features of the history of life are inevitable and which are highly contingent and, therefore, unpredictable.

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Confirming our hypothesis, children included all major constituents more often from predictable than unpredictable sentences.

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For example, dances involving supernatural creatures often suggested the unpredictable, the abnormal.

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The differences are also unpredictable without engaging each person and his or her own religious narratives in each clinical situation.

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However, this effect is neglected in this model because the dust storm strength undergoes significant interannual variability and hence is almost unpredictable.

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In so doing we might have explored those areas that were unpredictable, and therefore also different, in relation to our normal ways of thinking.

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The rural mind and that unpredictable, non-linear phenomenon of friction conform together to produce a powerful combination.

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And that this is because it combines with other spaces of calculability in ways that are local and relatively unpredictable.

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There is an unpredictable potential for attracting new companies to use the existing industrial settlements and to build new industries.

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Other factors mentioned included seed availability, poor soil fertility, availability of inputs and credit and an unpredictable producer price.

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It was this which drove the lurching, unpredictable violence of the early colonial state.

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Traduzioni di unpredictable

in cinese (tradizionale)

變幻莫測的, 難以預見的，無法預測的…

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unpredictability

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