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uncertain
synonyms for uncertain
- ambiguous
- ambivalent
- dubious
- erratic
- hazy
- hesitant
- insecure
- precarious
- questionable
- risky
- unclear
- undecided
- undetermined
- unpredictable
- unreliable
- unresolved
- unsettled
- unsure
- vague
- chancy
- conjectural
- fitful
- hanging by a thread
- iffy
- incalculable
- inconstant
- indefinite
- indeterminate
- indistinct
- irregular
- irresolute
- on thin ice
- speculative
- touch and go
- unconfirmed
- unfixed
- unforeseeable
- up for grabs
- up in the air
- vacillating
- variable
- wavering
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How to use uncertain in a sentence
It’s essential for companies to capitalize on the essential time together during these uncertain times.
Best practices for Zoom board meetings at early-stage startups | Walter Thompson | February 12, 2021 | TechCrunchStartled and uncertain, Teichner takes in the proposal and answers with a solid maybe.
A ‘money pit’ dog, an ailing owner and one big question | Diane Cole | February 5, 2021 | Washington PostThe end of this sickness is still uncertain and many months away, especially for those who live in the poorest parts of the planet.
The virus caused more than a pandemic. It set us all ablaze. | Philip Kennicott | February 5, 2021 | Washington Post
Today, the hotel and restaurant remain closed, their future as uncertain as Riley’s.
Sommeliers have been forced to pivot in the pandemic, and their futures remain uncertain | Dave McIntyre | February 4, 2021 | Washington PostBack then, it was still uncertain whether fall marathons would be canceled.
Will Major Marathons Actually Come Back This Fall? | Martin Fritz Huber | February 4, 2021 | Outside OnlineIf the certainty of the wisdom of uncertainty is itself uncertain, the force of the definition crumbles by logical standards.
In war, he wrote, “everything is uncertain … all military action is intertwined with psychological forces and effects.”
“The jailer had a high-school-age daughter and was uncertain how to help her get in college,” writes Ferris.
Meanwhile, ISIS is on the march, and President Obama strikes an uncertain pose.
Iowa Frontrunner Mike Huckabee Talks to The Daily Beast | Lloyd Green | September 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEven “destroyed” becomes an uncertain term when applied to these sort of digital files.
Your Arrest Video Is Going Online. Who Will See It? | Jacob Siegel | September 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDistance, the uncertain light, and imagination, magnified it to a high wall; high as the wall of China.
The Giant of the North | R.M. BallantyneUric acid is decreased before an attack of gout and increased afterward, but its etiologic relation is still uncertain.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddAn estate upon condition is one which depends upon the happening or not happening of some uncertain event.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)It is therefore uncertain from these statements which furnace consumes the greater quantity of air.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) | Francis TrevithickAgain Arabella inclined her head, and looked uneasily round as if uncertain whether to call for assistance.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2) | Charles Dickens
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