Meaning

Not certain; unsure..

Definitions by Sense

1. Not certain; unsure.
2. Not known for certain; questionable.
3. Not yet determined; undecided.
4. Variable and subject to change.
5. Fitful or unsteady.
6. Unpredictable or capricious.
7. (with "the") Something uncertain.

Example Sentences

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.

Tomorrow's weather is uncertain.

Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.

O, woman! in our hours of ease, / Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, / And variable as the shade / By the light quivering aspen made; […]

Thinking about the uncertain refines our perception of the certain, and generally this takes place in a framework in which the uncertain is the future and the certain is the present.

Word Forms

• more uncertain
• uncertainer
• most uncertain
• uncertainest

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Use uncertain when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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