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adjective

Uncertain adj.

Not certain; not having certain knowledge; not assured in mind; distrustful. "Man, without the protection of a superior Being,... is uncertain of everything that he hopes for."

Irresolute; inconsonant; variable; untrustworthy; as, an uncertain person; an uncertain breeze. "O woman! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please!"

Questionable; equivocal; indefinite; problematical. "The fashion of uncertain evils." "From certain dangers to uncertain praise."

Not sure; liable to fall or err; fallible. "Soon bent his bow, uncertain in his aim." "Whistling slings dismissed the uncertain stone."

Synonyms: See Precarious.

verb

Uncertain v. t. To make uncertain. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Uncertain'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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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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