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variability
noun as in flightiness
noun as in insecureness
Strong matches
- alternation
- anxiety
- capriciousness
- changeability
- changeableness
- disequilibrium
- disquiet
- fickleness
- fitfulness
- flightiness
- fluctuation
- fluidity
- frailty
- hesitation
- immaturity
- impermanence
- inconsistency
- inquietude
- insecurity
- irregularity
- irresolution
- mutability
- oscillation
- pliancy
- precariousness
- restlessness
- shakiness
- transience
- uncertainty
- unpredictability
- unreliability
- unstableness
- unsteadiness
- vacillation
- volatility
- vulnerability
- wavering
- weakness
Weak matches
noun as in instability
Strong matches
- alternation
- capriciousness
- changeability
- changeableness
- disequilibrium
- disquiet
- fickleness
- fitfulness
- flightiness
- fluidity
- frailty
- hesitation
- immaturity
- impermanence
- inconsistency
- inquietude
- irregularity
- irresolution
- mutability
- oscillation
- pliancy
- precariousness
- restlessness
- shakiness
- transience
- unpredictability
- unreliability
- unsteadiness
- vacillation
- wavering
Weak match
noun as in irregularity
noun as in jaggedness
noun as in precariousness
Strong matches
- alternation
- anxiety
- capriciousness
- changeability
- changeableness
- disequilibrium
- disquiet
- fickleness
- fitfulness
- flightiness
- fluctuation
- fluidity
- frailty
- hesitation
- immaturity
- impermanence
- inconsistency
- inquietude
- insecureness
- insecurity
- irregularity
- irresolution
- mutability
- oscillation
- pliancy
- restlessness
- shakiness
- transience
- uncertainty
- unpredictability
- unreliability
- unstableness
- unsteadiness
- vacillation
- volatility
- vulnerability
- wavering
- weakness
Weak matches
noun as in ricketiness
Strong matches
- alternation
- anxiety
- capriciousness
- changeability
- changeableness
- disequilibrium
- disquiet
- fickleness
- fitfulness
- flightiness
- fluctuation
- fluidity
- frailty
- hesitation
- immaturity
- impermanence
- inconsistency
- inquietude
- insecurity
- instability
- irregularity
- irresolution
- mutability
- oscillation
- pliancy
- precariousness
- restlessness
- shakiness
- transience
- uncertainty
- unpredictability
- unreliability
- unsteadiness
- vacillation
- volatility
- vulnerability
- wavering
- weakness
Weak matches
noun as in shakiness
Strong matches
- alternation
- anxiety
- capriciousness
- changeability
- changeableness
- disequilibrium
- disquiet
- fickleness
- fitfulness
- flightiness
- fluctuation
- fluidity
- frailty
- hesitation
- immaturity
- impermanence
- inconsistency
- inquietude
- insecureness
- insecurity
- irregularity
- irresolution
- mutability
- oscillation
- pliancy
- precariousness
- restlessness
- transience
- uncertainty
- unpredictability
- unreliability
- unstableness
- unsteadiness
- vacillation
- volatility
- vulnerability
- wavering
- weakness
Weak matches
noun as in unevenness
noun as in unstableness
Strong matches
- alternation
- anxiety
- capriciousness
- changeability
- changeableness
- disequilibrium
- disquiet
- fickleness
- fitfulness
- flightiness
- fluctuation
- fluidity
- frailty
- hesitation
- immaturity
- impermanence
- inconsistency
- inquietude
- insecurity
- instability
- irregularity
- irresolution
- mutability
- oscillation
- pliancy
- precariousness
- restlessness
- ricketiness
- shakiness
- transience
- uncertainty
- unpredictability
- unreliability
- vacillation
- volatility
- vulnerability
- wavering
- weakness
Weak matches
noun as in unsteadiness
Strong matches
- alternation
- anxiety
- capriciousness
- changeability
- changeableness
- disequilibrium
- disquiet
- fickleness
- fitfulness
- flightiness
- fluctuation
- fluidity
- frailty
- hesitation
- immaturity
- impermanence
- inconsistency
- inquietude
- insecurity
- instability
- irregularity
- irresolution
- mutability
- oscillation
- pliancy
- precariousness
- restlessness
- ricketiness
- shakiness
- transience
- uncertainty
- unpredictability
- unreliability
- vacillation
- volatility
- vulnerability
- wavering
- weakness
Weak matches
noun as in unsureness
Weak matches
- alternation
- anxiety
- capriciousness
- changeability
- changeableness
- disequilibrium
- disquiet
- fickleness
- fitfulness
- flightiness
- fluctuation
- fluidity
- frailty
- hesitation
- immaturity
- impermanence
- inconsistency
- inquietude
- insecureness
- insecurity
- irregularity
- irresolution
- mutability
- oscillation
- pliancy
- precariousness
- restlessness
- shakiness
- transience
- uncertainty
- unfixedness
- unpredictability
- unreliability
- unstableness
- unsteadiness
- vacillation
- volatility
- vulnerability
- wavering
- weakness
Example Sentences
Geochemist Jung notes, "Our mechanism explains the variability of Sargassum growth better than any previous approaches. However, there is still uncertainty as to whether and to what extent other factors also play a role."
The failure of bee colonies was caused by a wide range of factors, including but not limited to pathogens, pests, pesticides, pollutants, habitat loss, climate variability, agricultural production intensification, and crop management practices.
“I don’t know if the auctions will turn out weak, but the shutdown increases the variability of outcomes” for this week’s government-debt sales.
The return of capital can help fund managers reduce the variability of monthly distributions over time.
And some scientists believe that might be to do with how climate change is affecting circulation patterns in our atmosphere, but that is far from certain and natural variability may also be playing a role.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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