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UNPREDICTABILITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being guided by sudden unpredictable impulses
Synonyms:
capriciousness; unpredictability
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("unpredictability" is a kind of...):
changefulness; inconstancy (the quality of being changeable and variable)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lacking predictability
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("unpredictability" is a kind of...):
precariousness; uncertainness; uncertainty (being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance)
Antonym:
predictability (the quality of being predictable)
Derivation:
unpredictable (unknown in advance)
unpredictable (not capable of being foretold)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The trait of being unpredictably irresolute
Example:
the volatility of the market drove many investors away
Synonyms:
unpredictability; volatility
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("unpredictability" is a kind of...):
irresoluteness; irresolution (the trait of being irresolute; lacking firmness of purpose)
