noun
Meaning 1
The quality of being unpredictable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
unpredictability
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noun
Meaning 2
Something which is unpredictable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the quality of being guided by sudden unpredictable impulses
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: capriciousness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: inconstancy, changefulness
noun
Meaning 4
lacking predictability
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: predictability
Broader terms: uncertainty, uncertainness, precariousness
noun
Meaning 5
the trait of being unpredictably irresolute
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the volatility of the market drove many investors away
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: volatility
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: irresoluteness, irresolution
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English predictability English unpredictability From un- + predictability.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: impredictibilitat — The quality of being unpredictable
- Chinese Mandarin: 變化莫測 /变化莫测 (biànhuàmòcè) — The quality of being unpredictable
- Chinese Mandarin: 出乎意料 (chūhūyìliào) — The quality of being unpredictable
- Danish: uforudsigelighed — The quality of being unpredictable
- Dutch: onvoorspelbaarheid — The quality of being unpredictable
- Estonian: ettearvamatus — The quality of being unpredictable
- Finnish: ennalta-arvaamattomuus — The quality of being unpredictable
- French: imprévisibilité — The quality of being unpredictable
- German: Unvorhersehbarkeit — The quality of being unpredictable
- Hungarian: kiszámíthatatlanság — The quality of being unpredictable
- Italian: imprevedibilità — The quality of being unpredictable
- Māori: kumukumu — The quality of being unpredictable
- Polish: nieprzewidywalność — The quality of being unpredictable
- Portuguese: imprevisibilidade — The quality of being unpredictable
- Romanian: neprevizibilitate — The quality of being unpredictable
- Romanian: neanticipabilitate — The quality of being unpredictable
- Russian: непредсказу́емость (nepredskazújemostʹ) — The quality of being unpredictable
- Spanish: imprevisibilidad — The quality of being unpredictable
- Spanish: impredecibilidad — The quality of being unpredictable
- Swedish: oförutsägbarhet — The quality of being unpredictable
- Ukrainian: непередба́чуваність (neperedbáčuvanistʹ) — The quality of being unpredictable
- Ukrainian: непрогнозо́ваність (neprohnozóvanistʹ) — The quality of being unpredictable
- Dutch: onvoorspelbaarheid — Something which is unpredictable
- Portuguese: imprevisibilidade — Something which is unpredictable
- Romanian: neprevizibilitate — Something which is unpredictable
- Spanish: lo imprevisible / impredecible — Something which is unpredictable
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