unprophesiableadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˌprɒfᵻˈsʌɪəbl/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈprɒfᵻˌsʌɪəbl/, U.S. /ˌənˌprɑfəˈsaɪəb(ə)l/ Not prophesiable; unpredictable, unforeseeable.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > quality of being unforeseen > [adjective] > unforeseeable
unforeknowable1678
unforeseeablea1716
imprevisible1888
unprophesiable1891
1891 J. R. Lowell Latest Lit. Ess. 121 Like those pulses of pale flame with which the sky throbs at unprophesiable intervals.
1940 Sci. Monthly Apr. 377/1 On a trip of this kind one can never tell what one is going to get; the results are absolutely unprophesiable.
1991 J. Rees Sir Philip Sidney & Arcadia 11 We cannot know what the impact upon him [sc. Sidney] of the unprophesiable genius of Shakespeare would have been.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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