uncertain
About 13.90 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Not certain; unsure.
- adjective Not known for certain; questionable.
Tomorrow's weather is uncertain.
- adjective Not yet determined; undecided.
- adjective Variable and subject to change.
- adjective Fitful or unsteady.
- adjective Unpredictable or capricious.
- noun Something uncertain; everything uncertain.
Their approach to the uncertain is laudable: they at least want to know the upper and lower bounds for what the answer could turn out to be.
Similar words
incertain unsure iffy doubtful dubious ambiguous unsafe ambivalent hesitant chancy
Often followed by
and whether about of as terms future in what
Word family
uncertainly uncertainness uncertainnesses
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