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unpredictability

n. 1 (context uncountable English) The quality of being unpredictable. 2 (context countable English) Something which is unpredictable.

WordNet
unpredictability
  1. n. the quality of being guided by sudden unpredictable impulses [syn: capriciousness]

  2. the trait of being unpredictably irresolute; "the volatility of the market drove many investors away" [syn: volatility]

  3. lacking predictability [ant: predictability]

Usage examples of "unpredictability".

They sought for life, working down in that puzzling gray area where nonlife was separated from life by a shadow zone and a strange unpredictability that was enough to drive one mad, working with the viruses and crystals which at one moment might be dead and the next moment half alive and no man as yet who could tell why this was or how it came about.

A pod of K-ships coms shrieking with fake traffic, decoys flaring off in several dimensions flipped themselves down the Redline gravitational alley along a trajectory designed for maximum unpredictability.

In addition to the unpredictability of the Reman faction, there are rumors of unrest on Kevatras and other Romulan vassal worlds.

Cavers often shunned wreck diving because of its unpredictability and harsh conditions, but the Rouses were drawn to wrecks for the history to be uncovered and the artifacts to be taken.

Pope, ibid. The tanker trade in the Gulf is more variable, in large part because of the unpredictability of the Iranian government, which at times has responded to U.

The lives of everyone aboard the Enterprise rested in his hands, balanced against predicting the decision of a man who had been revered for his unpredictability, who had been perfectly capable of consigning a ship from the future to an endless fall in order to see his Enterprise survive.

From the shape of each on the map, its straightness or curve, Eliza tries to see a little of what each letter has revealed to her — its consonantness or vowelness, its sturdiness or unpredictability.

With a low birthrate, the labor shortage draws outsider fems like me, seeking work but also disrupting the peace with our strange faces and voices, our unpredictability.

Even the air that surrounded them was infused with their power and their unpredictability.

The unpredictability of the dimension could make even a strong Sorcerer like Lisutaris vulnerable to his attack.

But E Space was a world of unpredictability, metapsychological weirdness, and even representational absurdities.