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un·cer·tain·ty

 

–noun

1.the state of being uncertain; doubt; hesitancy: His uncertainty gave impetus to his inquiry.

2.an instance of uncertainty, doubt, etc.

3.unpredictability; indeterminacy; indefiniteness.

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Origin:
1350–1400; ME uncerteynte

—Synonyms
1. hesitation, irresolution, indecision, ambivalence.

Concept:	Uncertainty.
Category:	Degrees of Evidence
Synonyms:	-nouns uncertainty, incertitude, doubt; doubtfulness; dubiety, dubitation, dubitancy, dubitousness., hesitation, suspense; perplexity, embarrassment, dilemma, bewilderment; timidity (fear); vacillation; diaporesis, indetermination., vagueness; haze, fog; obscurity (darkness); ambiguity (double meaning); contingency, double contingency, possibility upon a possibility; open question (question); onus probandi; blind bargain, pig in a poke, leap in the dark, something or other; needle in a haystack, needle in a bottle of hay; roving commission., precariousness; fallibility. -verbs be uncertain; wonder whether., lose the clue, lose the clew, scent; miss one's way., not know what to make of (unintelligibly), not know which way to turn, not know whether one stands on one's head or one's heels; float in a sea of doubt, hesitate, flounder; lose oneself, lose one's head; muddle one's brains., render uncertain; put out, pose, puzzle, perplex, embarrass; confuse, confound; bewilder, bother, molder, addle the wits, throw off the scent, ambiguas in vulgus spargere voces; keep in suspense., doubt (disbelieve); hang in the balance, tremble in the balance; depend. -adjectives uncertain; casual; random (aimless); changeable, doubtful, dubious; indecisive; unsettled, undecided, undetermined; in suspense, open to discussion; controvertible; in question (inquiry), vague; indeterminate, indefinite; ambiguous, equivocal; undefined, undefinable; confused (indistinct); mystic, oracular; dazed., perplexing; enigmatic, paradoxical, apocryphal, problematical, hypothetical; experimental, fallible, questionable, precarious, slippery, ticklish, debatable, disputable; unreliable, untrustworthy. -adverbs pendente lite; sub spe rati. -phrases Heaven knows; who can tell? who shall decide when doctors disagree? ambiguas in vulgum spargere voces.
Antonyms:	certainty

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