单词 | unforeseeable |
释义 | unforeseeableadj. (un- prefix1 1b) Also, in recent use, unforeˈseeableness, unforeˈseeably. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > quality of being unforeseen > [adjective] > unforeseeable unforeknowable1678 unforeseeablea1716 imprevisible1888 unprophesiable1891 a1716 R. South 12 Serm. (1717) V. 300 By such unlikely and unforeseeable Ways does Providence sometimes bring about its great Designs. 1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. I. i. xi. 205 The suddenly put and unforeseeable question. 1877 J. Morley Crit. Misc. 2nd Ser. 377 The source of continual and unforeseeable improvements. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.a1716 |
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