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English
Adjective
imprevisible (comparative more imprevisible, superlative most imprevisible)
- (rare) unforeseeable
- Antonyms: foreseeable, previsible
1901, J. Herbert Williams, “Development”, in W. Spooner, editor, The Dublin Review, volume 128, London: The Westminster Press, page 292:And the name or the phrase once started on its career is beyond control or recall ; and what it may grow into is imprevisible.
1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, published 1959, →OCLC:[…] there intervene periods of rest or repose, during which no food is taken, unless it be every now and then from time to time an occasional snack, quick drink or light collation, rendered if not indispensable at least welcome by an unforeseen acceleration of the metabolic exchanges due to circumstances of an imprevisible kind, […]
1966, Gerard Smith, Freedom in Molina, Loyola University Press, page 66:From these two points there emerges a third: The free act, considered in its human cause is imprevisible.
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Etymology
im- + previsible
Pronunciation
Adjective
imprevisible m or f (masculine and feminine plural imprevisibles)
- unforeseeable, unpredictable
- Antonym: previsible
2016 November 9, Ricardo Mir de Francia, “Trump conquista la Casa Blanca”, in El Periódico:Amb Trump, el futur és completament imprevisible, però el món hauria d'esperar un canvi fonamental de prioritats.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Spanish
Etymology
From im- + previsible.
Adjective
imprevisible m or f (masculine and feminine plural imprevisibles)
- unforeseeable, unpredictable
- Antonym: previsible
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