unpredictabilities
Things that surprise
Unpredictabilities are things that cannot be foreseen or anticipated—the random variables that frustrate planning.
The word emphasizes plurality: not just one unknown but many.
The unpredictabilities of weather make farming a constant gamble.
She loved him despite the unpredictabilities of his moods.
Irregular change over time
- volatilityRapid, unpredictable changeability
- inconsistencyLack of steady pattern
- instabilityTendency toward unpredictable change
- oscillationRepeated back-and-forth movement
irregularity · changeability · mutability · fickleness · capriciousness · whimsy · unreliability · unsteadiness
State of utter confusion
- turmoilViolent disturbance or confusion
- upheavalViolent disturbance of order
- disorderAbsence of organization
- mayhemViolent disorder and destruction
havoc · bedlam · anarchy · tumult · disruption · confusion · disarray · entropy
Source of potential harm
- dangerExposure to harm
- perilSerious threat of harm
- jeopardyRisk of harm
- exposureState of being unprotected
vulnerability · threat · liability · precariousness · gamble · speculation · venture · chance
Lack of firm belief
- ambiguityOpenness to multiple interpretations
- unknownsUndetermined quantities
- mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
- enigmaSomething hard to fathom
indeterminacy · vagueness · imprecision · indefiniteness · questionability · tentativeness · conjecture · guesswork
fluctuation
Irregular change over time
- volatilityRapid, unpredictable changeability
- inconsistencyLack of steady pattern
- instabilityTendency toward unpredictable change
oscillation · irregularity · changeability · mutability · fickleness · capriciousness · whimsy · unreliability · unsteadiness · inconstancy
pandemonium
State of utter confusion
- turmoilViolent disturbance or confusion
- upheavalViolent disturbance of order
- disorderAbsence of organization
mayhem · havoc · bedlam · anarchy · tumult · disruption · confusion · disarray · entropy · frenzy
hazard
Source of potential harm
exposure · vulnerability · threat · liability · precariousness · gamble · speculation · venture · chance · pitfall
doubt
Lack of firm belief
- ambiguityOpenness to multiple interpretations
- unknownsUndetermined quantities
- mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
enigma · indeterminacy · vagueness · imprecision · indefiniteness · questionability · tentativeness · conjecture · guesswork · incalculability
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Qualities of being anticipatable
certainties · inevitabilities · foregone conclusions · foreknowledge · sureness
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Recurring predictable patterns
consistencies · patterns · routines · uniformities · constancies
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States of secure balance
steadiness · equilibrium · order · secureness · fixedness
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