predictable

[ pri-dik-tuh-buh l ]

/ prɪˈdɪk tə bəl /

able to be foretold or declared in advance: New technology allows predictable weather forecasting.

expected, especially on the basis of previous or known behavior: His complaints are so predictable.

OTHER WORDS FROM predictable

pre·dict·a·bly, adverb non·pre·dict·a·ble, adjective

Three were predictable: The Italians and French were, of course, wine imbibers and the Germans were deep in the beer cellar.

Beer Countries vs. Wine Countries |Clive Irving |December 7, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
A predictable, inflation-adjusted minimum wage would make business planning easier.

To Make Their Victory Durable, the GOP Must Fix the Minimum Wage |Dmitri Mehlhorn |November 6, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Following an all too predictable cycle of the hyperactive 21st century, focus on the explosion was ephemeral.

Deepwater Horizon: Life Drowning in Oil |Samuel Fragoso |November 2, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Playing the foul-mouthed bad character will become as predictable and counter-intuitive as a playing a thousand Joeys.

How Can Katie Holmes Escape Tom Cruise—and ‘Dawson’s Creek’? |Tim Teeman |October 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Nick Clegg, the Lib Dem Deputy Prime Minister, attacked the Conservatives for their predictable response to the report.

Britain Admits Anti-Drug Laws Are Useless |Nico Hines |October 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
It was his firm desire to bring some chutzpah into the all too predictable and dreary cuisine on this part of the continent.

The Land of Look Behind |Paul Cameron Brown
Literally there wasn't a man to whom he could turn whose answer and advice weren't as predictable as useless.

Cytherea |Joseph Hergesheimer
If it was only a matter of smooth, predictable rates—But look at her.

A Feast of Demons |William Morrison
The first escape was a blind run toward a predictable objective; all right, that was a danger to be avoided.

The Fourth R |George Oliver Smith
Some actions of conscious beings, then, are predictable, if we know the conditions.

Psychical Miscellanea |J. Arthur Hill