Sekirov Dictionary

uncertain

UK /ʌnˈsɜːtən/US /ʌnˈsɜɹ.tən/

adjective 6
noun 1
forms 4
phrases 1

adjective6

•
Not certain; unsure.
- Consider man without the protection and conduct of a superior Being, and he is secure of nothing that he enjoys in this world, and uncertain of every thing that he hopes for. — 1664
•
Not known for certain; questionable.
- Tomorrow's weather is uncertain.
Not yet determined; undecided.
Variable and subject to change.
Fitful or unsteady.
•
Unpredictable or capricious.
- O, woman! in our hours of ease, / Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, / And variable as the shade / By the light quivering aspen made; […] — 1808

noun1

•
Something uncertain; everything uncertain.
- Their approach to the uncertain is laudable: they at least want to know the upper and lower bounds for what the answer could turn out to be.

forms

more uncertain · uncertainer · most uncertain · uncertainest

Phrases with uncertain

in no uncertain terms
Definitely, clearly; bluntly, forthrightly; explicitly, categorically, unequivocally.

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