unpredictive

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pre⋅dic⋅tive

[pri-dik-tiv]

–adjective

1.	of or pertaining to prediction: losing one's predictive power.

2.	used or useful for predicting or foretelling the future: to look for predictive signs among the stars.

3.	being an indication of the future or of future conditions: a cold wind predictive of snow.

Origin:
1650–60; < LL praedictīvus foretelling. See predict, -ive

Related forms:

pre⋅dic⋅tive⋅ly, adverb

pre⋅dic⋅tive⋅ness, noun

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