Unpredictability

noun

noun ·7 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being unpredictable. uncountable

    "The unpredictability of Gemini was then contrasted with examples of human spontaneity, like the splatter technique of Jackson Pollock."

  2. 2
    the quality of being guided by sudden unpredictable impulses wordnet
  3. 3
    Something which is unpredictable. countable
  4. 4
    lacking predictability wordnet
  5. 5
    the trait of being unpredictably irresolute wordnet

Synonyms

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capriciousnesscapriciousnesschancecontingencydelicacydiscontinuity

Example

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"The unpredictability of certain events is incredible."

Etymology

From un- + predictability.

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