uncertainadjective
uk/ʌnˈsɜː.tən/us/ʌnˈsɝː.tən/B2 not knowing what to do or believe, or not able to decide about something:
[ + question word ] She's uncertain whether to go to New Zealand or not.
Ariana was uncertain about meeting him.
B2 not known or fixed, or not completely certain:
These refugees face an uncertain future.
The political outlook is still uncertain.
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- Torn apart by war, the country now faces a very uncertain future.
- The team's continued involvement in the competition is uncertain.
- He was uncertain as to which road to take.
- I'm uncertain about what to do next.
- How they managed to gain entry to the building is uncertain.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Uncertainty
- be neither fish nor fowl idiom
- circumstantial
- conflicted
- debatable
- definite maybe
- dispute
- joker
- joker in the pack idiom
- kind
- kind of idiom
- kinda
- knife edge
- razor
- shade
- tenuous
- there's no knowing idiom
- touch-and-go
- uncertainty
- unconfirmed
- vague
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Doubt & ambivalence
uncertainly
adverb uk/ʌnˈsɜː.tən.li/us/ʌnˈsɝː.tən.li/