UNPREDICTABILITY
Dictionary entry overview: What does unpredictability mean?
• UNPREDICTABILITY (noun)
The noun UNPREDICTABILITY has 3 senses:
1. the quality of being guided by sudden unpredictable impulses
2. the trait of being unpredictably irresolute
3. lacking predictability
Familiarity information: UNPREDICTABILITY used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• UNPREDICTABILITY (noun)
Meaning:
The quality of being guided by sudden unpredictable impulses
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
capriciousness; unpredictability
Hypernyms ("unpredictability" is a kind of...):
changefulness; inconstancy (the quality of being changeable and variable)
Meaning:
The trait of being unpredictably irresolute
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
unpredictability; volatility
Context example:
the volatility of the market drove many investors away
Hypernyms ("unpredictability" is a kind of...):
irresoluteness; irresolution (the trait of being irresolute; lacking firmness of purpose)
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)
