Talk:unpredictable

RFD discussion: January 2022

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unpredictable (Noun)

See Talk:sick#RFD_discussion:_September–December_2020. — Fytcha〈 T | L | C 〉 14:30, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

Strictly speaking, not a noun. But there are expressions such as "predict the unpredictable", "various unpredictables", "the unpredictables of ...". DonnanZ (talk) 15:06, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

Keep of course: it has a plural. So totally unlike "the sick" and "the poor". Equinox ◑ 15:26, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

@Equinox: Thanks for pointing this out, I missed this when pondering over why sick etc. were deleted but this one wasn't. Stricken. — Fytcha〈 T | L | C 〉 15:39, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

FWIW, one reason not every entry of the sick type has been deleted yet is that it's difficult to find them all.
This discussion also makes me realize that poor is countable, "a poor, the poors". - -sche (discuss) 21:55, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

That can't be common, can it? I had no idea! Equinox ◑ 10:04, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

I think of it as mostly something an out-of-touch/elitist rich character in a novel/show would say, or what someone would say when imitating such a character. Apparently Indian English sometimes uses it unironically. - -sche (discuss) 20:25, 20 January 2022 (UTC)