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Uncertain

adjective

Lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance. Synonyms: incertain, unsure. "Unsure of himself and his future" , "Moving with uncertain (or unsure) steps" , "An uncertain smile" , "Touched the ornaments with uncertain fingers"

Not established beyond doubt; still undecided or unknown. "A manuscript of uncertain origin" , "Plans are still uncertain" , "Changes of great if uncertain consequences" , "Without further evidence his story must remain uncertain"

Not established or confirmed. Synonym: unsealed.

Not certain to occur; not inevitable. "The issue is uncertain"

Subject to change. Synonyms: changeable, unsettled. "The weather is uncertain" , "Unsettled weather with rain and hail and sunshine coming one right after the other"

Not consistent or dependable. "A gun with a rather uncertain trigger"

Ambiguous (especially in the negative).

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... stood stock-still, then commenced pawing the ground, tossing his head and tail, bellowing, and eyeing Jack, who was leisurely moving towards him right in front. He had apparently grown tired of charging this figure that always eluded him, and was uncertain what to do next. So Dandy Jack walked on till he was within a yard or two of the bull's nose. Then the beast thought it was time to do something, and concluded to try the effect ...

— Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) - or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand • William Delisle Hay

... followed this speculation upon fairly firm ground, but now our inquiry must plunge into a jungle of far more difficult and uncertain possibilities. Our next stage brings us to the question of how people and peoples and classes of people are going to react to the new conditions of need and knowledge this war will have brought about, and to the new demands that will ...

— What is Coming? • H. G. Wells

... their own misapprehension of the kind of merchandise needed for Japan, or from the opposition of their rivals, who sought, in this case as in others, to secure for themselves the monopoly of trade, is uncertain. ...

— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 32, June, 1860 • Various

... was transferred to the establishment for lunatics at Hoxton. She soon recovered, we believe; but her relapses were as sudden as her recoveries, and she continued through life to revisit, for periods of uncertain seclusion, this house of woe. This calamity of his fireside, followed soon after by the death of his father, who had for some time been in a state of imbecility, determined the future destiny of Lamb. Apprehending, with the perfect grief of perfect love, that his sister's ...

— Biographical Essays • Thomas de Quincey

... watched her rather anxiously, uncertain as to the after effects of drunkenness. But Lise got up. She sat on the edge of the bed and yawned, putting her hand ...

— The Crossing • Winston Churchill

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