imprevedibile

unpredictable

adjective eem-preh-veh-DEE-bee-leh Rare

Origin: From Latin im- (not) + praevidere (to foresee).

Usage Note

Imprevedibile is invariable in gender (un risultato imprevedibile, una situazione imprevedibile) and forms its plural with -i: risultati imprevedibili. A false friend alert: English 'unpredictable' maps cleanly, but learners sometimes reach for inaspettato (unexpected) — the two overlap but imprevedibile stresses that the outcome could not have been foreseen in advance, while inaspettato stresses that it was not expected.

Examples

"Il meteo è sempre imprevedibile in montagna."

Natural Translation

The weather is always unpredictable in the mountains.

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