uncertainty
About 16.70 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun Doubt; the condition of being uncertain or without conviction.
- noun Something uncertain or ambiguous.
Some uncertainties remain; an especially salient uncertainty is the timing of their return trip.
- noun A parameter that measures the dispersion of a range of measured values.
Similar words
incertitude uncertainness dubiety doubt dubiousness doubtfulness uncertain unsure indecisiveness unclear
Often followed by
of in and about as is that principle over
Word family
uncertainties
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