Uncertainty

Quick meaning: Uncertainty is a noun meaning (uncountable) Doubt; the condition of being uncertain or without conviction.

Meaning

(uncountable) Doubt; the condition of being uncertain or without conviction.

More Meanings

1. (countable) Something uncertain or ambiguous.
2. (uncountable, mathematics) A parameter that measures the dispersion of a range of measured values.

Example Sentences

It's a full circle. Over the past 43 years, RAIL has reported on how the railways have gone from uncertainty under government control to sectorisation, privatisation, and back to uncertainty under government control.

After spending so much of the season looking upwards, the swashbuckling style and swagger of early season Spurs was replaced by uncertainty and frustration against a Norwich side who had the quality and verve to take advantage

“Well,” I answered, at first with uncertainty, then with inspiration, “he would do splendidly to lead your cotillon, if you think of having one.” ¶ “So you do not dance, Mr. Crocker?” ¶ I was somewhat set back by her perspicuity.

Piecing together Corbynomics is difficult, not least because it has evolved during Mr Corbyn’s time in charge of Labour. The gulf between the Labour leadership’s past positions and the milder proposals in the manifesto means that enormous uncertainty hangs over what a Corbyn-led government would do in office.

Word Forms

• uncertainties
• uncertainity

Synonyms for uncertainty

Depending on context, synonyms include uncertainness, doubt, dubiety, incertitude, dubiousness, doubtfulness.

Antonyms for uncertainty

Common opposites include certainty, closure.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include incertitude, uncertainness, dubiety, doubt, dubiousness, doubtfulness.

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