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un·cer·tain U0033700 (ŭn-sûr′tn)adj.1. Not known or established; questionable: domestic changes of great if uncertain consequences.2. Not determined; undecided: uncertain plans.3. Not having sure knowledge: an uncertain recollection of the sequence of events.4. a. Subject to change; variable: uncertain weather.b. Unsteady; fitful: uncertain light. un·cer′tain·ly adv.un·cer′tain·ness n.ThesaurusNoun | 1. | uncertainness - being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance; "the uncertainty of the outcome"; "the precariousness of his income"uncertainty, precariousnessquality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespearedoubt, doubtfulness, dubiousness, question - uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something; "the dubiousness of his claim"; "there is no question about the validity of the enterprise"indefiniteness, indefinity, indeterminacy, indeterminateness, indetermination - the quality of being vague and poorly definedunpredictability - lacking predictabilityimprobability, improbableness - the quality of being improbable; "impossibility should never be confused with improbability"; "the improbability of such rare coincidences"fortuitousness - the quality of happening accidentally and by lucky chancespeculativeness - the quality of being a conclusion or opinion based on supposition and conjecture rather than on fact or investigation; "her work is highly contentious because of its speculativeness and lack of supporting evidence" | EncyclopediaSeeuncertaintyLegalSeeUncertaintyuncertainnessenUK
Synonyms for uncertainnessnoun being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chanceSynonyms- uncertainty
- precariousness
Related Words- quality
- doubt
- doubtfulness
- dubiousness
- question
- indefiniteness
- indefinity
- indeterminacy
- indeterminateness
- indetermination
- unpredictability
- improbability
- improbableness
- fortuitousness
- speculativeness
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