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
But risks surge when the economic climate become unpredictable.
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Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2025
The severity is often worse during the unpredictable period of perimenopause.
—Mara Santilli, Flow Space, 17 Apr. 2025
Fittingly, given the unpredictable nature of the campaign, who knows what the result or circumstances will be at Tottenham Hotspur on the day Hurzeler’s first season draws to a close?
—Andy Naylor, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Zoom out: Trump's trade policy is unpredictable, with tariffs being set and changed constantly.
—Felix Salmon, Axios, 8 Apr. 2025
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Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2025
The severity is often worse during the unpredictable period of perimenopause.
—Mara Santilli, Flow Space, 17 Apr. 2025
Fittingly, given the unpredictable nature of the campaign, who knows what the result or circumstances will be at Tottenham Hotspur on the day Hurzeler’s first season draws to a close?
—Andy Naylor, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Zoom out: Trump's trade policy is unpredictable, with tariffs being set and changed constantly.
—Felix Salmon, Axios, 8 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unpredictable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpredictable
Adjective
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Here’s what their analysis found: Only 8.4% of investors executed trades on any of those days, reacting to the volatile market by buying or selling stocks.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2025
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But her life is unexpectedly upended by the arrival of a new student in her class: her charming but volatile younger brother Merritt.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
16 Apr. 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
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But the reality is that everyone feels the heat when life is unstable—even therapists.—
Korin Miller,
SELF,
14 Apr. 2025
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Finally, the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act says that schools must enroll and educate students who are with unstable living situations, including migrants, without discrimination.—
Brian Boggs,
The Conversation,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Unpredictable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpredictable. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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