uncertain

Speech parts

1. uncertain - Noun

2. uncertain - Adjective

3. uncertain - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Not certain; not having certain knowledge; not assured in mind; distrustful.

Irresolute; inconsonant; variable; untrustworthy; as, an uncertain person; an uncertain breeze.

Questionable; equivocal; indefinite; problematical.

Not sure; liable to fall or err; fallible.

To make uncertain.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

unsettled unsure unstable ambiguous vague hazardous questionable doubtful dubious precarious indeterminate shaky changeable unresolved ambivalent
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Antonyms

certain allegiant bally undaunted crystal clear known
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Phrases with the word

in no uncertain terms uncertain thinking uncertain amount of time uncertain period uncertain period of time be uncertain about

Anagrams

encurtain runcinate centaurin centurian

Examples

The future is uncertain but the end is always near. Jim Morrison

The future is no more uncertain than the present. Walt Whitman

Nature is a temple where living columns Let slip from time to time uncertain words; Man finds his way through forests of symbols Which regard him with familiar gazes. Charles Baudelaire

Life is uncertain so eat your desert first. Finnish Proverb

The flow of water and the future of human beings are uncertain. Japanese Proverb

Better suffer a known evil than change for uncertain good. Spanish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

unceremoniously unceremoniousness uncerimoniousness uncertain amount of time uncertain logic uncertain magnitude