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   Un·cer·tain

   /ˌənˈsərtn/

   

   adjective

   • 1. not able to be relied on; not known or definite: "an uncertain future" Similar unknownundeterminedunsettledunresolvedunsurependingin the balancein limboup in the airdebatableopen to questionin doubtunpredictableunforeseeableincalculablespeculativeunreliableuntrustworthyundependableriskychancyinformal:diceyhairyiffydodgychangeablevariablevaryingirregularfitfulunpredictableunreliableunsettledunstableerraticfluctuatinginformal:peakyrare:changefulfluctuantOpposite certainsettledpredictable
   • ▪ (of a person) not completely confident or sure of something: "I was uncertain how to proceed" Similar unsuredoubtfuldubiousundecidedunresolvedindecisiveirresolutehesitantwaveringvacillatingoscillatingequivocatingvaguehazyunclearambivalentin two mindson the horns of a dilemmatorninformal:iffyblowing hot and coldon the fencehesitanthesitatingtentativehaltingfalteringunsureunconfidentdiffidentdoubtfulOpposite certainsureconfident

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