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unforeseeable

[fawr-see, fohr-] Origin

fore·see

[fawr-see, fohr-] verb, -saw, -seen, -see·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.
2.
to see beforehand.
verb (used without object)
3.
to exercise foresight.

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Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English foresēon. See fore-, see1

fore·see·a·ble, adjective
fore·see·a·bil·i·ty, noun
fore·se·er, noun
un·fore·see·a·ble, adjective
un·fore·see·a·ble·ness, noun
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un·fore·see·a·b·ly, adverb
un·fore·see·ing, adjective
un·fore·seen, adjective
well-fore·seen, adjective
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1. divine, discern. See predict.

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unforeseeable (ˌʌnfɔːˈsiːəbəl)
 
adj
not able to be foreseen or known beforehand

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foresee
O.E. forseon "have a premonition," from fore- "before" + seon "to see, see ahead." Related: Foresaw; foreseeable; foreseen.
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