unpredictability
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- noun
- /ˌʌnprɪdɪktəˈbɪlɪti/
:
imprevisibilidad
- The unpredictability of the weather makes planning outdoor events challenging.
- uncertainty and unpredictability
- instability and unpredictability
- variability and unpredictability
It's that unpredictability that makes it so difficult.
- It's that unpredictability that makes it so difficult.
- And there was just this, you know, the only way to describe it was level of unpredictability and scariness and chaos over there.
- They bring a significant amount of unpredictability and it's pretty adrenaline rushing, right?
- The fear is around the unpredictability of not knowing what is going to set them off today.
- Because there's this unpredictability, there's not one single machine like outcome of the present moment.
- But actually this notion of unpredictability is only really about the long term, you know, predicting things perhaps for a long time in the future.
- Some good days, lots of bad days, unpredictability.
- Like it's, it's, it just adds unpredictability and that's not a good property for a money layer, a money layer netbook.
Examples
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As a result, there is an essential unpredictability about life histories.
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A second source of ignorance is the unpredictability of human needs and wants.
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It's that unpredictability that makes it so difficult.
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The fear is around the unpredictability of not knowing what is going to set them off today.
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Finance promised that it could control the unpredictability of the free market...
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The students should discuss the consequences of such unpredictability in their home, community, country, and the world.
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Unpredictability is our best asset.
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The first step is to acknowledge the unpredictability of conducting research in urban communities.
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But the only thing predictable about life is its unpredictability.
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Growing water scarcity and climate change-derived unpredictability may motivate states to fight over water.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
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7.1
How likely a person, situation, or market is to change quickly and unexpectedly
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5.4
A lack of any predictable order or plan
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A pattern of sudden, unpredictable changes in mood or plans
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5.8
A feeling of surprise when something happens that you did not know about
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9.9
The quality of being random and hard to predict, for example in the weather
Unpredictable and inconsistent behavior
A lack of a steady or usual pattern
A lack of order or plan that makes things random
A time of changeable weather with sudden rain and wind
Antonyms
How Predictable
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5.7
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5.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
unpredictability = unpredictable (transparent) = un + predict + able + ity
Formed by adding the noun-forming suffix '-ity' to the adjective 'unpredictable', a regular and semantically transparent derivation.
Etymology
Unpredictability begins with un- meaning 'not' and comes from predict, which is made of parts meaning 'say' and 'before' (the same root you see in dictionary). So unpredictability is 'not able to be said before', meaning something that is unexpected or hard to guess.