unpredictedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnprᵻˈdɪktᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənpriˈdɪktᵻd/, /ˌənprəˈdɪktᵻd/ Not predicted; unexpected, unforeseen.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > quality of being unforeseen > [adjective]
unweenOE
unpurveyeda1382
unprovideda1500
unprovised?a1500
improvided1590
unforeseen1651
unforeknown1667
unpredicted1792
unforeboded1818
uncalculated1828
unforetold1846
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [adjective] > surprising, unexpected
unbeweena1325
sudden1340
unhopedc1374
unwarec1374
unweenedc1374
unguessedc1400
unlooked for1531
untraisted1533
extonious1548
unlooked1548
unthought1548
unwares1548
unaspected1578
inexpecteda1586
unexpecteda1586
unwary1590
unwaited1592
unmistrusted1595
inopinate1598
unforethought1601
nap-taking1602
startling1609
expectless1613
unexpect1633
admirable1639
immergent1655
unpresumed1686
abrupt1725
unguessed1746
unanticipateda1779
unpredicted1792
unprecipitated1795
unsurmised1820
unsupposed1821
inopine1880
windfall1945
over-the-transom1952
left field1955
conversation-stopping1960
1792 R. Cumberland Calvary ii. 55 I fall not by man's wiles, Not unpredicted is the trait'rous act.
a1797 D. Jardine Serm. (1798) I. xviii. 323 One, even the smallest deviation from truth, may be productive of unpredicted, of incalculable evils.
1837 Countess of Blessington Victims of Society 288 I leave your fate unpredicted; for it needs no sibyl's prescience to divine, that it must be as dark as your crimes.
1869 Liverpool Mercury 5 Nov. 7/6 There was an extraordinary and unpredicted high tide on Wednesday.
1930 Mich. Alumnus 10 May 552/1 Showing unpredicted strength in track and field events, Ohio Varsity trackmen captured unofficial honors in the Ohio relays.
1975 Economist 17 May 77/3 The buffer stocks needed to see the market through unpredicted surges in demand.
2002 D. Goleman et al. Business: Ultimate Resource 273/2 People who can rapidly adjust organisational systems to unpredicted events.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1792