uncertainty
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- noun
- /ʌnˈsɜrˌtən ti/
- In times of uncertainty, we need to create certainty.
- deal with uncertainty
- great uncertainty
- much uncertainty
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Watch on YouTubeHe grew up with a lot of uncertainty and trauma and anxiety.
- He grew up with a lot of uncertainty and trauma and anxiety.
- There's always a fear of the darkness of the uncertainty before us.
- Apparently people don't like uncertainty and they want to minimize it.
- But because paternity uncertainty is the main issue for guys.
- As this pandemic has sharply amplified, uncertainty is the new certainty.
- All of those are ways to help narrow the range of uncertainty, the risk of failure.
- They don't let the fear and doubt and uncertainty consume them.
- The thing is, there's always some level of risk, uncertainty, fear and doubt.
- It's just another area where uncertainty is is rampant.
- It happens slowly enough and with enough uncertainty that it is.
- So as you go up in energy, this this joint uncertainty increases.
Examples
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We have lived in a state of uncertainty sustained for three years.
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Shock, disappointment, loss, and uncertainty were the common reactions participants encountered when they first attended the university.
Academic text (2011) -
Have you considered what this policy of uncertainty is doing to our economy?
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Considerable uncertainty in the business picture.
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We have lived in a state of uncertainty, sustained for three years.
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It's not about economic chaos or political uncertainty.
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"Just be yourself," Andrew said reassuringly, in response to her uncertainty about moving to a large city.
Fiction book (1991) -
The tension of his task, the hours he was working... ...and the uncertainty about the outcome weighed heavily on him.
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As a result, the feelings of confusion and uncertainty were gradually appeased.
Academic text (2011) -
In times of uncertainty, many people find it hard to make decisions.
Synonyms
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1.6
A feeling of not being sure about something
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4.8
A feeling of doubt that makes you hesitate to agree
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3.7
A feeling of not being sure about yourself or what you can do
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3.8
A small feeling that something might not be true
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7.0
Something very uncertain that you cannot predict
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4.3
Short times when a person feels unsure about a choice or situation
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An unclear or uncertain situation that makes meaning hard to know
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A feeling of doubt and worry about what will happen
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7.0
A feeling of being unsure and slow to decide
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7.9
A very small feeling that something may not be true
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7.8
A feeling of doubt or not trusting something
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3.8
A feeling of doubt or low confidence
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4.9
A very small feeling of being unsure about something
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8.9
A feeling of not being sure or confident about something
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7.7
A strong, worrying feeling that you are not sure you can trust someone or something
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9.9
A feeling of doubt or uncertainty about something
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A feeling of not being sure about something
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7.9
The quality of being doubtful about whether something is true
A state of not knowing what will happen
A feeling of not being sure about something
A quiet feeling of not being sure about something
Antonyms
Compounds
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You cannot know both the position and speed of tiny particles exactly at the same time
How Certain
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Uncertainty comes from un- meaning 'not' and certain meaning 'sure', so it literally means 'not sure'. That's why uncertainty describes a feeling of doubt or not knowing what will happen.