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adj
- Unpredictable, variable; having periods of good and bad (e.g. weather).
- (chiefly of a person, usually Canada, US, in particular) Having alternating periods of good and bad performances; inconsistent.
- Having streaks.
- (cricket) Used to describe a shot where the ball deflects off the edge of the bat, but is not caught by the slips or wicket-keeper and instead results in runs for the batsman.
- (soccer) Not well-executed, due to luck more than skill.
- marked with or as if with stripes or linear discolorations
noun
- an unpredictable factor
- a playing card whose value can be determined by the person who holds it
- (card games) A card that can be assigned any value or used to substitute for any needed card.
- (sports) A competitor or team that is allowed to compete in a tournament despite not reaching the normal standards to qualify for inclusion.
- (phonetics, phonology) Alternative form of wildcard (“symbol for a generic sound”).
- (computing) Alternative form of wildcard (“substituted text character”).
adj
noun
adj
- Unpredictable or capricious.
- Not yet determined; undecided.
- Fitful or unsteady.
- Not certain; unsure.
- Not known for certain; questionable.
- Variable and subject to change.
- not established beyond doubt; still undecided or unknown
- not consistent or dependable
- not established or confirmed
- ambiguous (especially in the negative)
- subject to change
- lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance
- not certain to occur; not inevitable
noun
adj
noun
- A structure composed of a plank, balanced in the middle, used as a game in which one person goes up as the other goes down.
- A series of up-and-down movements.
- (medicine, attributively) An abnormal breathing pattern caused by airway obstruction, characterized by paradoxical chest and abdominal movement.
- A series of alternating movements or feelings.
- (chess) A tactic in which a piece repeatedly gains material, while simultaneously creating an inescapable series of alternating direct and discovered checks.
- a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
verb
adj
- uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances
- being determined by conditions or circumstances that follow
- possible but not certain to occur
- Possible or liable, but not certain, to occur.
- Temporary.
- Not logically necessarily true or false.
- (with upon or on) Dependent on something that is undetermined or unknown, that may or may not occur.
noun
- a gathering of persons representative of some larger group
- a temporary military unit
- (military) A quota of troops.
- An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something in the future.
- That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share.
verb
- be unstable
- move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
- cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern
- (intransitive) To undulate.
- (intransitive) To be irresolute; to waver.
- (transitive) To cause to vary irregularly.
- (intransitive) To vary irregularly; to swing.
- (rare, figuratively, also literally) To rise and fall as a wave; to be tossed up and down the waves.
adj
- Unpredictable.
- Fluctuating; not constant.
- Not stable.
- (physics) Radioactive, especially with a short half-life.
- Fickle.
- (chemistry) Readily decomposable.
- Having a strong tendency to change.
- disposed to psychological variability
- highly or violently reactive
- suffering from severe mental illness
- subject to change; variable
- lacking stability or fixity or firmness
- affording no ease or reassurance
verb
verb
- be subject to fluctuation
- move in an unhurried fashion
- live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely
- drive slowly and far afield for grazing
- vary or move from a fixed point or course
- be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- be in motion due to some air or water current
- cause to be carried by a current
- wander from a direct course or at random
- (intransitive) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps.
- (transitive) To drive into heaps.
- (transitive) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.
- (automotive) To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See Drifting (motorsport).
- (transitive, engineering) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
- (intransitive) To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel.
- (intransitive) To move haphazardly without any destination.
- (mining, US) To make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect.
- (intransitive) To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.
noun
- the pervading meaning or tenor
- a process of linguistic change over a period of time
- a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
- a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine
- the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane)
- a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents
- a force that moves something along
- (mining) Of a boring or a driven tunnel: deviation from the intended course.
- Anything driven at random.
- A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach.
- Driftwood included in flotsam washed up onto the beach.
- The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting.
- (mining) In a coal mine, a heading driven for exploration or ventilation.
- (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball through the air, when bowled by a spin bowler.
- (mining) A heading driven through a seam of coal.
- (uncountable, film) The situation where a performer gradually and unintentionally moves from their proper location within the scene.
- That which is driven, forced, or urged along.
- A tool used to insert or extract a removable pin made of metal or hardwood, for the purpose of aligning and/or securing two pieces of material together.
- In the New Forest National Park, UK, the bi-annual round-up of wild ponies in order to sell them.
- The distance through which a current flows in a given time.
- (mining) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery.
- (architecture) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.
- A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to obloid projectiles.
- The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece.
- (mining) A sloping winze or road to the surface, for purposes of haulage.
- (mining) An adit or tunnel driven forward for purposes of exploration or exploitation; generally eventually to a dead end.
- A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., especially by wind or water.
- The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven.
- The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim.
- Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.
- The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
- A place (a ford) along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side.
- The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
- A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds.
- A tool used to pack down the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework.
- A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the retreat of continental glaciers, such as that which buries former river valleys and creates young river valleys.
- The distance a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes.
- Slow, cumulative change.
- (uncountable) Minor deviation of audio or video playback from its correct speed.
noun
- an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome
- an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
- your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
- a large amount of wealth or prosperity
- One's wealth; the amount of money one has, especially if it is vast.
- Good luck.
- A small slip of paper with wise or vaguely prophetic words printed on it, baked into a fortune cookie.
- Destiny, especially favorable.
- The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident.
- A large amount of money.
- A prediction or set of predictions about a person's future provided by a fortune teller.
verb
noun
- an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome
- an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
- your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
- Something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence.
- Success.
- A superstitious feeling that brings fortune or success.
- (video games, computing) The results of a random number generator.
- (especially) A favourable chance occurrence.
verb
adj
noun
verb
adj
- Subject to sudden or frequent changes.
- Capable of being changed.
- (of a species) Capable of camouflaging itself by changing colour.
- such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change
- capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature
- varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles
- subject to change
adj
- prone to frequent change; inconstant
- capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature
- tending to undergo genetic mutation
- (programming, of a variable) Having a value that is changeable during program execution.
- (astrology) Being one of the signs Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces, associated with adaptability, flexibility and sympathy.
- Changeable, dynamic, evolutive; inclined to change, evolve, mutate.
noun
adj
- likely to perform unpredictably
- Subject to changing and unpredictable emotional states; moody, capricious.
- subject to sharply varying moods
- relating to or caused by temperament
- (not comparable) Of, related to, or caused by temperament.
- (of a machine or of software, figuratively) User-unfriendly, unstable, that is complicated or has poorly written instructions and is subsequently difficult to operate; unpredictable and erratic.
adj
- Unstable; changeable; inconstant.
- Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc.
- (figuratively, by extension) Evasive; difficult to pin down.
- causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide
- not to be trusted
noun
adj
- Occurring for no particular reason; haphazard, unpredictable.
- (UK, slang) Being out of the ordinary; unusual or unexpected; odd, strange, bizarre.
- (statistics) Involving an outcome which is impossible to predict, but which may be represented by a probability distribution; in the ideal case, involving outcomes which are equally likely.
- (computing) Pseudorandom; mimicking the result of random selection.
- (informal) Selected for no particular reason; arbitrary; unspecified.
- (informal) Of a person: characterized by or often saying random things; habitually using non sequiturs.
- (informal) Being (part of) a varied, unrelated, and apparently arbitrary collection of things; diverse, heterogeneous.
- (informal) Apropos of nothing; lacking context, relevance, or any connection to the previous situation; unexpected.
- lacking any definite plan or order or purpose; governed by or depending on chance
noun
verb
adj
- liable to sudden unpredictable change
- relating to or containing or caused by mercury
- (not comparable, medicine) Caused by the action of mercury or a mercury compound.
- (not comparable, astronomy) Pertaining to the planet Mercury.
- (comparable) Having a lively or volatile character; animated, changeable, quick-witted.
- (not comparable, Roman mythology) Pertaining to Mercury, the Roman god of, among other things, commerce, financial gain, communication, and thieves and trickery; hence (comparable), money-making; crafty.
- (not comparable, chemistry) Of or pertaining to the element mercury or quicksilver; containing mercury.
- (not comparable, astrology) Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Mercury; having the characteristics of a person under such influence (see adjective sense 1).
noun
adj
noun
verb
noun
- (uncountable) The quality of being unstable.
- (physics, countable) A state that is not in equilibrium, or in which a small change has a large irreversible effect.
- unreliability attributable to being unstable
- an unstable order
- the quality or attribute of being unstable and irresolute
- a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium
noun
- (uncountable) The state of being unpredictable.
- The state of being volatile.
- (uncountable) The state of being able to fly.
- (finance, countable) A quantification of the degree of uncertainty about the future price of a commodity, share, or other financial product.
- (uncountable) The state of having a low boiling point and evaporating readily.
- (computing, uncountable) The state of not retaining data in the absence of power.
- being easily excited
- the trait of being unpredictably irresolute
- the property of changing readily from a solid or liquid to a vapor
noun
- an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
- a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
- a risk involving danger
- a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible
- the possibility of future success
- (in plural as chances) probability; possibility.
- (countable) An opportunity or possibility.
- (countable) The probability of something happening.
- (uncountable) Random occurrence; luck.
adj
verb
noun
- an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
- an obstacle on a golf course
- a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
- The chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk of loss.
- (in driving a vehicle) An obstacle or other feature that presents a risk or danger that justifies the driver in taking action to avoid it.
- (programming) A problem with the instruction pipeline in CPU microarchitectures when the next instruction cannot execute in the following clock cycle, potentially leading to incorrect results.
- (tennis) The side of the court into which the ball is served.
- An obstacle or other feature which causes risk or danger; originally in sports, and now applied more generally.
- (golf) A sand or water obstacle on a golf course.
- (historical) A game of chance played with dice, usually for monetary stakes; popular mainly from 14th c. to 19th c.
- Chance.
- (billiards) The act of potting a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).
verb
adj
- Erratic and unpredictable; tending to jump back and forth.
- (mathematics, of a function) Having a product of independent variables, or a variable with an exponent not equal to one.
- (of a system) Whose output is not directly proportional to its input.
- (chemistry, of a molecule) Whose atoms do not lie in a straight line.
- (of a set of points) Not lying on a straight line.
- designating or involving an equation whose terms are not of the first degree
noun
- a source of unpredictable trouble and complexity
- (idiomatic) Any difficult or disgusting task, activity, topic of discussion or subject matter, which would be ideally avoided if at all possible.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see can, worm.
- (idiomatic) A complex, troublesome situation arising when a decision or action produces considerable subsequent problems.
- (idiomatic) A troublesome situation; an issue whose resolution is difficult or contentious but not necessarily complex.
noun
- An unstable situation, in political, social, economic or military affairs, especially one involving an impending abrupt change.
- A crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point.
- (psychology) A traumatic or stressful change in a person's life.
- (drama) A point in a drama at which a conflict reaches a peak before being resolved.
- (medicine) A sudden change in the course of a disease, usually at which point the patient is expected to either recover or die.
- a crucial stage or turning point in the course of something
- an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
adj
- Subject to frequent changes (of direction or fortune, for example).
- Lacking in flavour as a result of the leaves having been harvested during mid-season rains. (of tea)
- Accompanied by or featuring wind and/or precipitation.
- Worn or otherwise affected by weather; (of a person's features or body) showing signs of age or wear.
noun
- the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes
- a wave motion
- an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
- A motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction; an irregular rising and falling.
- In medicine, a wave-like motion or undulation of a fluid in a natural or abnormal cavity (e.g. pus in an abscess), which is felt during palpation or percussion.
- A wavering; unsteadiness.
noun
- an unpredictable factor
- a playing card whose value can be determined by the person who holds it
- (card games) A card that can be assigned any value or used to substitute for any needed card.
- (sports) A competitor or team that is allowed to compete in a tournament despite not reaching the normal standards to qualify for inclusion.
- (phonetics, phonology) Alternative form of wildcard (“symbol for a generic sound”).
- (computing) Alternative form of wildcard (“substituted text character”).
noun
- an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome
- an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
- your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
- a large amount of wealth or prosperity
- One's wealth; the amount of money one has, especially if it is vast.
- Good luck.
- A small slip of paper with wise or vaguely prophetic words printed on it, baked into a fortune cookie.
- Destiny, especially favorable.
- The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident.
- A large amount of money.
- A prediction or set of predictions about a person's future provided by a fortune teller.
verb
noun
- an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome
- an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
- your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
- Something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence.
- Success.
- A superstitious feeling that brings fortune or success.
- (video games, computing) The results of a random number generator.
- (especially) A favourable chance occurrence.
verb
noun
noun
- (uncountable) The quality of being unstable.
- (physics, countable) A state that is not in equilibrium, or in which a small change has a large irreversible effect.
- unreliability attributable to being unstable
- an unstable order
- the quality or attribute of being unstable and irresolute
- a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium
noun
- (uncountable) The state of being unpredictable.
- The state of being volatile.
- (uncountable) The state of being able to fly.
- (finance, countable) A quantification of the degree of uncertainty about the future price of a commodity, share, or other financial product.
- (uncountable) The state of having a low boiling point and evaporating readily.
- (computing, uncountable) The state of not retaining data in the absence of power.
- being easily excited
- the trait of being unpredictably irresolute
- the property of changing readily from a solid or liquid to a vapor
noun
- an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
- a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
- a risk involving danger
- a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible
- the possibility of future success
- (in plural as chances) probability; possibility.
- (countable) An opportunity or possibility.
- (countable) The probability of something happening.
- (uncountable) Random occurrence; luck.
adj
verb
noun
- an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
- an obstacle on a golf course
- a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
- The chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk of loss.
- (in driving a vehicle) An obstacle or other feature that presents a risk or danger that justifies the driver in taking action to avoid it.
- (programming) A problem with the instruction pipeline in CPU microarchitectures when the next instruction cannot execute in the following clock cycle, potentially leading to incorrect results.
- (tennis) The side of the court into which the ball is served.
- An obstacle or other feature which causes risk or danger; originally in sports, and now applied more generally.
- (golf) A sand or water obstacle on a golf course.
- (historical) A game of chance played with dice, usually for monetary stakes; popular mainly from 14th c. to 19th c.
- Chance.
- (billiards) The act of potting a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).
verb
noun
- a source of unpredictable trouble and complexity
- (idiomatic) Any difficult or disgusting task, activity, topic of discussion or subject matter, which would be ideally avoided if at all possible.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see can, worm.
- (idiomatic) A complex, troublesome situation arising when a decision or action produces considerable subsequent problems.
- (idiomatic) A troublesome situation; an issue whose resolution is difficult or contentious but not necessarily complex.
noun
- An unstable situation, in political, social, economic or military affairs, especially one involving an impending abrupt change.
- A crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point.
- (psychology) A traumatic or stressful change in a person's life.
- (drama) A point in a drama at which a conflict reaches a peak before being resolved.
- (medicine) A sudden change in the course of a disease, usually at which point the patient is expected to either recover or die.
- a crucial stage or turning point in the course of something
- an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
noun
- the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes
- a wave motion
- an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
- A motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction; an irregular rising and falling.
- In medicine, a wave-like motion or undulation of a fluid in a natural or abnormal cavity (e.g. pus in an abscess), which is felt during palpation or percussion.
- A wavering; unsteadiness.
verb
- be unstable
- move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
- cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern
- (intransitive) To undulate.
- (intransitive) To be irresolute; to waver.
- (transitive) To cause to vary irregularly.
- (intransitive) To vary irregularly; to swing.
- (rare, figuratively, also literally) To rise and fall as a wave; to be tossed up and down the waves.
verb
- be subject to fluctuation
- move in an unhurried fashion
- live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely
- drive slowly and far afield for grazing
- vary or move from a fixed point or course
- be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- be in motion due to some air or water current
- cause to be carried by a current
- wander from a direct course or at random
- (intransitive) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps.
- (transitive) To drive into heaps.
- (transitive) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.
- (automotive) To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See Drifting (motorsport).
- (transitive, engineering) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
- (intransitive) To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel.
- (intransitive) To move haphazardly without any destination.
- (mining, US) To make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect.
- (intransitive) To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.
noun
- the pervading meaning or tenor
- a process of linguistic change over a period of time
- a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
- a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine
- the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane)
- a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents
- a force that moves something along
- (mining) Of a boring or a driven tunnel: deviation from the intended course.
- Anything driven at random.
- A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach.
- Driftwood included in flotsam washed up onto the beach.
- The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting.
- (mining) In a coal mine, a heading driven for exploration or ventilation.
- (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball through the air, when bowled by a spin bowler.
- (mining) A heading driven through a seam of coal.
- (uncountable, film) The situation where a performer gradually and unintentionally moves from their proper location within the scene.
- That which is driven, forced, or urged along.
- A tool used to insert or extract a removable pin made of metal or hardwood, for the purpose of aligning and/or securing two pieces of material together.
- In the New Forest National Park, UK, the bi-annual round-up of wild ponies in order to sell them.
- The distance through which a current flows in a given time.
- (mining) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery.
- (architecture) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.
- A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to obloid projectiles.
- The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece.
- (mining) A sloping winze or road to the surface, for purposes of haulage.
- (mining) An adit or tunnel driven forward for purposes of exploration or exploitation; generally eventually to a dead end.
- A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., especially by wind or water.
- The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven.
- The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim.
- Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.
- The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
- A place (a ford) along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side.
- The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
- A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds.
- A tool used to pack down the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework.
- A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the retreat of continental glaciers, such as that which buries former river valleys and creates young river valleys.
- The distance a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes.
- Slow, cumulative change.
- (uncountable) Minor deviation of audio or video playback from its correct speed.
adj
- Unpredictable, variable; having periods of good and bad (e.g. weather).
- (chiefly of a person, usually Canada, US, in particular) Having alternating periods of good and bad performances; inconsistent.
- Having streaks.
- (cricket) Used to describe a shot where the ball deflects off the edge of the bat, but is not caught by the slips or wicket-keeper and instead results in runs for the batsman.
- (soccer) Not well-executed, due to luck more than skill.
- marked with or as if with stripes or linear discolorations
adj
noun
adj
- Unpredictable or capricious.
- Not yet determined; undecided.
- Fitful or unsteady.
- Not certain; unsure.
- Not known for certain; questionable.
- Variable and subject to change.
- not established beyond doubt; still undecided or unknown
- not consistent or dependable
- not established or confirmed
- ambiguous (especially in the negative)
- subject to change
- lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance
- not certain to occur; not inevitable
noun
adj
noun
- A structure composed of a plank, balanced in the middle, used as a game in which one person goes up as the other goes down.
- A series of up-and-down movements.
- (medicine, attributively) An abnormal breathing pattern caused by airway obstruction, characterized by paradoxical chest and abdominal movement.
- A series of alternating movements or feelings.
- (chess) A tactic in which a piece repeatedly gains material, while simultaneously creating an inescapable series of alternating direct and discovered checks.
- a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
verb
adj
- uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances
- being determined by conditions or circumstances that follow
- possible but not certain to occur
- Possible or liable, but not certain, to occur.
- Temporary.
- Not logically necessarily true or false.
- (with upon or on) Dependent on something that is undetermined or unknown, that may or may not occur.
noun
- a gathering of persons representative of some larger group
- a temporary military unit
- (military) A quota of troops.
- An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something in the future.
- That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share.
adj
- Unpredictable.
- Fluctuating; not constant.
- Not stable.
- (physics) Radioactive, especially with a short half-life.
- Fickle.
- (chemistry) Readily decomposable.
- Having a strong tendency to change.
- disposed to psychological variability
- highly or violently reactive
- suffering from severe mental illness
- subject to change; variable
- lacking stability or fixity or firmness
- affording no ease or reassurance
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- Subject to sudden or frequent changes.
- Capable of being changed.
- (of a species) Capable of camouflaging itself by changing colour.
- such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change
- capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature
- varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles
- subject to change
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- prone to frequent change; inconstant
- capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature
- tending to undergo genetic mutation
- (programming, of a variable) Having a value that is changeable during program execution.
- (astrology) Being one of the signs Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces, associated with adaptability, flexibility and sympathy.
- Changeable, dynamic, evolutive; inclined to change, evolve, mutate.
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- likely to perform unpredictably
- Subject to changing and unpredictable emotional states; moody, capricious.
- subject to sharply varying moods
- relating to or caused by temperament
- (not comparable) Of, related to, or caused by temperament.
- (of a machine or of software, figuratively) User-unfriendly, unstable, that is complicated or has poorly written instructions and is subsequently difficult to operate; unpredictable and erratic.
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- Unstable; changeable; inconstant.
- Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc.
- (figuratively, by extension) Evasive; difficult to pin down.
- causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide
- not to be trusted
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- Occurring for no particular reason; haphazard, unpredictable.
- (UK, slang) Being out of the ordinary; unusual or unexpected; odd, strange, bizarre.
- (statistics) Involving an outcome which is impossible to predict, but which may be represented by a probability distribution; in the ideal case, involving outcomes which are equally likely.
- (computing) Pseudorandom; mimicking the result of random selection.
- (informal) Selected for no particular reason; arbitrary; unspecified.
- (informal) Of a person: characterized by or often saying random things; habitually using non sequiturs.
- (informal) Being (part of) a varied, unrelated, and apparently arbitrary collection of things; diverse, heterogeneous.
- (informal) Apropos of nothing; lacking context, relevance, or any connection to the previous situation; unexpected.
- lacking any definite plan or order or purpose; governed by or depending on chance
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- liable to sudden unpredictable change
- relating to or containing or caused by mercury
- (not comparable, medicine) Caused by the action of mercury or a mercury compound.
- (not comparable, astronomy) Pertaining to the planet Mercury.
- (comparable) Having a lively or volatile character; animated, changeable, quick-witted.
- (not comparable, Roman mythology) Pertaining to Mercury, the Roman god of, among other things, commerce, financial gain, communication, and thieves and trickery; hence (comparable), money-making; crafty.
- (not comparable, chemistry) Of or pertaining to the element mercury or quicksilver; containing mercury.
- (not comparable, astrology) Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Mercury; having the characteristics of a person under such influence (see adjective sense 1).
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- Erratic and unpredictable; tending to jump back and forth.
- (mathematics, of a function) Having a product of independent variables, or a variable with an exponent not equal to one.
- (of a system) Whose output is not directly proportional to its input.
- (chemistry, of a molecule) Whose atoms do not lie in a straight line.
- (of a set of points) Not lying on a straight line.
- designating or involving an equation whose terms are not of the first degree
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- Subject to frequent changes (of direction or fortune, for example).
- Lacking in flavour as a result of the leaves having been harvested during mid-season rains. (of tea)
- Accompanied by or featuring wind and/or precipitation.
- Worn or otherwise affected by weather; (of a person's features or body) showing signs of age or wear.