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Noun: unpredictability  ,ún-pri,dik-tu'bi-lu-tee
  1. Lacking predictability
    "The unpredictability of the weather made planning outdoor events challenging"
     
  2. The quality of being guided by sudden unpredictable impulses
    "The unpredictability of the weather ruined their outdoor plans";
    - capriciousness
     
  3. Tendency to change suddenly and unexpectedly
    "the unpredictability of the market drove many investors away";
    - volatility

Derived forms: unpredictabilities

Type of: changefulness, inconstancy, irresoluteness, irresolution, precariousness, uncertainness, uncertainty

Antonym: predictability

Encyclopedia: Unpredictability