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Definition: Uncertain |
UncertainAdjective1. Lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance; "uncertain of his convictions"; "unsure of himself and his future"; "moving with uncertain (or unsure) steps"; "an uncertain smile"; "touched the ornaments with uncertain fingers". 2. Not established beyond doubt; still undecided or unknown; "an uncertain future"; "a manuscript of uncertain origin"; "plans are still uncertain"; "changes of great if uncertain consquences"; "without further evidence his story must remain uncertain". 3. Not established or confirmed; "his doom is as yet unsealed". 4. Not firm or secure; "balancing three boxes in an uncertain pile". 5. Not certain to occur; not inevitable; "everything is uncertain about the army"; "the issue is uncertain". 6. Subject to change; "a changeable climate"; "the weather is uncertain"; "unsettled weather with rain and hail and sunshine coming one right after the other". 7. Not safe from danger or mishap; "faced an uncertain future"; "an unsure existence". 8. Not consistent or dependable; "an uncertain recollection of events"; "a gun with a rather uncertain trigger". 9. Especially in the negative "no uncertain," as in "spoke in no uncertain terms". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "uncertain" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Synonyms: UncertainSynonyms: changeable (adj), incertain (adj), unsealed (adj), unsettled (adj), unsure (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: certain (adj), certain(p) (adj), sealed (adj). (additional references) |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Concealment | Keep in the dark, leave in the dark, keep in the ignorance; blind, blind the eyes; blindfold, hoodwink, mystify; puzzle; (render uncertain); bamboozle; (deceive). |
Error | Inexact, unexact inaccurate, incorrect; indefinite; (uncertain). |
Inquiry | Undetermined, untried, undecided; in question, in dispute, in issue, in course of inquiry; under discussion, under consideration, under investigation; Noun: sub judice, moot, proposed; doubtful; (uncertain). |
Insanity | Rave, dote, ramble, wander; drivel; (be imbecile); have a screw loose; Noun: have a devil; avoir le diable au corps; lose one;s head; (be uncertain). |
Irregularity of recurrence | Dj. irregular, uncertain, unpunctual, capricious, desultory, fitful, flickering; rambling, rhapsodical; spasmodic; immethodical, unmethodical, variable. |
Irresolution | Adjective: irresolute, infirm of purpose, double-minded, half-hearted; undecided, unresolved, undetermined; shilly-shally; fidgety, tremulous; hesitating; Verb: off one's balance; at a loss; (uncertain). |
Qualification | Waffle, quibble, hem and haw (be uncertain); equivocate (sophistry). |
Unbelief Doubt | Fallible; (uncertain); undemonstrable; controvertible; (untrue). |
Doubtful; (uncertain); disputable; unworthy of, undeserving of belief; questionable; suspect, suspicious; open to suspicion, open to doubt; staggering, hard to believe, incredible, unbelievable, not to be believed, inconceivable; impossible. | |
Uncertainty | Verb: be uncertain; Adjective: wonder whether. |
Render uncertain; Adjective: put out, pose, puzzle, perplex, embarrass; confuse, confound; bewilder, bother, molder, addle the wits, throw off the scent, ambiguas in vulgus spargere voces; keep in suspense. | |
Adjective: uncertain; casual; random; (aimless); changeable. | |
Unintelligibility | Not understand; lose, lose the clue; miss; not know what to make of, be able to make nothing of, give it up; not be able to account for, not be able to make either head or tail of; be at sea; (uncertain); wonder; see through a glass darkly; (ignorance). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | A free man at the start of a long journey, whose conclusion is uncertain. I hope I can make it across the border I hope to see my friend and shake his hand I hope the pacific is a blue as it has been in my dreams I hope (The Shawshank Redemption; writing credit: Frank Darabont) The heavier the decision, the larger the waves, the more uncertain the consequences. (Doctor Who; writing credit: Basil Caplan; Martin Defalco) It is a day so long in coming that I am uncertain how to celebrate it. (Transformers; writing credit: George Arthur Bloom; Doug Booth) | |
Lyrics | Future uncertain (Devil Inside; performing artist: INXS) still uncertain if she will appear. (These Are the Days; performing artist: O-Town) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Uncertain Glory (1944) That Uncertain Feeling (1941) Uncertain Lady (1934) That Uncertain Feeling (1985) DES: An Uncertain Legacy (1985) | |
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 | Portrait in oils, by an unidentified artist, depicting the subject as a relatively young man. The identification of this portrait as a likeness of John Barry is somewhat uncertain. Credit: NAVY. |  | In no uncertain terms. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Unhappy West; uncertain East. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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Napoleon Bonaparte | Medicine is a collection of uncertain prescriptions, the results of which, taken collectively, are more fatal than useful to mankind. |
Richard Feynman | If we will only allow that, as we progress, we remain unsure, we will leave opportunities for alternatives. We will not become enthusiastic for the fact, the knowledge, the absolute truth of the day, but remain always uncertain. |
Robert Greene | Hangs in the uncertain balance of proud time. |
Robert Schumann | Chopin may now publish anything without putting his name to it . . . it is impossible to be for a moment uncertain as to its source. |
Theodore M. Hesburgh | The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet. |
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John Locke | 1690 | The inconveniencies that they are therein exposed to, by the irregular and uncertain exercise of the power every man has of punishing the transgressions of others, make them take sanctuary under the established laws of government, and therein seek the preservation of their property. (Second Treatise of Government) |
John F. Kennedy | 1961 | But neither can two great and powerful groups of nations take comfort from our present course--both sides overburdened by the cost of modern weapons, both rightly alarmed by the steady spread of the deadly atom, yet both racing to alter that uncertain balance of terror that stays the hand of mankind's final war. (reference) |
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Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | Thus, with a grating and uncertain sound, They bleat, and bleat, and bleat. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He was stupefied, uncertain, credulous, convinced, bewildered. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | His soul was swooning into some new world, fantastic, dim, uncertain as under sea, traversed by cloudy shapes and beings. |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | Uncertain way of gain! |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The survival time following the diagnosis of LAM is uncertain. (references) | |
Researchers are uncertain of the exact causes of transverse myelitis. (references) | ||
For some infants, the appropriateness of home monitoring is uncertain. (references) | ||
Business | However, dispute resolution can be difficult and uncertain. (references) | |
The outlook for the Slovak vehicle market is quite uncertain. (references) | ||
It is still uncertain which techniques will work best in Taiwan, but most enterprises will be wary of novel or innovative technologies until their efficacy has been proven. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Kuwait | Church officials themselves appear uncertain about the guidelines or procedures for recognition. (references) |
Sweden | Applications can remain under consideration for long periods of time with applicants in uncertain status. (references) | |
Belarus | The SCRNA claims that 26 religious denominations are registered officially; however, the significance of this figure is uncertain. (references) | |
Economic History | France | Its full economic impact remains uncertain. (references) |
Sri Lanka | In the longer term, prospects are uncertain. (references) | |
Sri Lanka | The future of Sri Lanka's economic health is uncertain. (references) | |
Human Rights | Afghanistan | The status of such detainees was uncertain at year's end. (references) |
India | Court action in cases of extrajudicial killings is slow and uncertain. (references) | |
East Timor | Consistent with this approach, during the year 236 detainees were released on bail upon review; however, charges against them were not dropped, and their legal status was uncertain. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Canada | Historical treaties with native groups in eastern Canada form the basis for the Federal Government's policies there, but the antiquated language and uncertain intent have resulted in extensive legal challenges to the Government's interpretation of treaty rights. (references) |
Political Economy | KUWAIT | Uncertain and slow judicial action is also a hurdle. (references) |
MEXICO | The proposed law has run into stiff resistance in Congress and passage is uncertain. (references) | |
Political Rights | Albania | The OSCE's ODIHR, which observed the elections, noted that there was progress in the areas of election administration, media coverage, and campaign conduct; however, ODIHR's final report noted that the election process was "protracted, uncertain, and fragmented." It also noted some serious irregularities in the voting process, including ballot box stuffing; fraud in a limited number of constituencies; political pressure exercised at times that compromised the performance of the Central Elections Commission (CEC); inadequate handling of key elections complaints by the CEC; police interference in a limited number of instances; and a dubious appeals process, particularly with regard to the Constitutional Court. (references) |
Trade | Ukraine | Problems common to all commercial banks in Ukraine include: uncertain macroeconomic conditions; the value of credit resources; and the threat that inflation will not be kept under control. (references) |
Hungary | The free trade provisions entered into force in January 1994. Although there is no real opposition, either internally or externally, for Hungary's membership in the EU, timing is uncertain. (references) | |
Travel | Egypt | Most Nile cruise boats do not have a ship's doctor but some employ a medical practitioner of uncertain training. (references) |
Women | Kuwait | The prevalence of spousal abuse is uncertain, due mainly to the reluctance of women to report it. There are no legally mandated restrictions on dress for women. (references) |
Worker Rights | Vietnam | It is uncertain how well the Government enforces these provisions. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SATIRE, n. An obsolete kind of literary composition in which the vices and follies of the author's enemies were expounded with imperfect tenderness. In this country satire never had more than a sickly and uncertain existence, for the soul of it is wit, wherein we are dolefully deficient, the humor that we mistake for it, like all humor, being tolerant and sympathetic. Moreover, although Americans are "endowed by their Creator" with abundant vice and folly, it is not generally known that these are reprehensible qualities, wherefore the satirist is popularly regarded as a soul-spirited knave, and his ever victim's outcry for codefendants evokes a national assent. Hail Satire! be thy praises ever sung In the dead language of a mummy's tongue, For thou thyself art dead, and damned as well -- Thy spirit (usefully employed) in Hell. Had it been such as consecrates the Bible Thou hadst not perished by the law of libel. Barney Stims |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | While uncertain of the course of things, the time may be advantageously employed in obtaining the powers necessary for a system of improvement, should that be thought best. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | The great desideratum in modern times is an efficient check upon the power of banks, preventing that excessive issue of paper whence arise those fluctuations in the standard of value which render uncertain the rewards of labor. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | We are moving into a period of uncertain risk and great commitment in which both the military and diplomatic possibilities require a Free World force so powerful as to make any aggression clearly futile. |
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| "Uncertain" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Uncertain" is used about 2,005 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 2,005 | 4,298 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
1. Uncertain, TX (city, FIPS 74240) |
Expressions using "uncertain": be uncertain ♦ be uncertain about smth. ♦ be uncertain of smth. ♦ hem and haw be uncertain ♦ in no uncertain terms ♦ learning from uncertain conditions ♦ make uncertain ♦ render uncertain ♦ uncertain map ♦ uncertain outcome ♦ uncertain quotation ♦ uncertain reasoning ♦ uncertain weather. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "uncertain": uncertain-tempered. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "uncertain"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i pasigurt (chancy, crazy, Dickey, dicky, disputable, doubtful, dubious, faithless, fly-by-night, incalculable, insecure, precarious, questionable, touch and go, tricksy, trustless, truthless, unassured, unclear, unreliable, unsafe, unsteady, unsure, untrustworthy), i paqartë (abstract, dark, dim, doubtful, dubious, dusky, evasive, inarticulate, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, muddy, nebulous, obscure, out of focus, recondite, shadowy, unclear, undistinguishable, undistinguished, unknowable, unreadable, vague), i papërcaktuar (general, impersonal, indefinite, indeterminate, neutral, undetermined), i ndryshueshëm (alterable, changeable, changeful, fickle, flexible, inconstant, labile, mercurial, mobile, movable, mutable, protean, shifting, transitional, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, variable, various, varying, vertiginous), i dyshimtë (dingy, dodgy, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, fishy, left handed, misgiving, moot, precarious, problematic, queer, suspect, suspicious, unassured, unreliable, wildcat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ملتبس (ambiguous, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, obscure, vague), متردد (ambivalent, chary, double-minded, doubtful, dubious, faint-hearted, faltering, flickering, haunting, hesitant, hesitating, indecisive, infirm, irresolute, remittent, stammerer, tentative, timid, undecided, unsettled, vacillating, wavering), غير محدد المقدار, غير مؤكد, غير جدير بالثقة (unreliable, wildcat), غامض (abstruse, ambiguous, cloudy, deep, dim, double faced, dreamy, enigmatic, evasive, fuzzy, grave, hazy, impenetrable, incomprehensible, indecisive, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, indistinguishable, inscrutable, intangible, lax, magic, magical, misty, mysterious, mystic, nebulous, obscure, occult, opaque, puzzling, recondite, secret, shady, sketchy, slippery, sloppy, unintelligible, vague, woolly), عرضة للشك. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | съмнителен (alleged, ambiguous, amphibious, dingy, disputable, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, fishy, fly-by-night, hedge, hole-and-corner, indeterminate, moot, off beat, phoney, precarious, problematic, queer, questionable, screwy, seedy, shady, shaky, suspect, suspicious, unsure, vague), нестабилен (crank, dicky, doddery, groggy, insecure, tottery, unsound, unstable, unsteady, wonky), неуверен (diffident, insecure, shaky, unassertive, unassured, uncool, wonky), несигурен (build on sand, chancy, dangerous, disputable, dubious, equivocal, faltering, halting, insecure, irresolute, long, pendulous, precarious, problematic, queasy, risky, rocky, shaky, slippy, suspensive, tentative, top heavy, tottery, treacherous, uneasy, unreliable, unresolved, unsafe, unsettled, unsound, unsteady, unsure, untrustworthy, variable, versatile, wonky), неопределен (ambiguous, amorphous, formless, inconclusive, indecisive, indefinable, indefinite, indeterminable, indeterminate, indistinct, inexplicit, infinitive, loose, neutral, nondescript, undefined, undetermined, unidentified, vague), непостоянен (astatic, capricious, casual, changeable, changeful, discontinuous, erratic, fickle, fluctuating, fluid, impermanent, inconstant, irregular, liquid, lubricous, mobile, mutable, non-persistent, seesaw, sporadic, streaky, unequable, uneven, unreliable, unstable, unsteady, vagarious, variable, variant, volatile, wayward, whimsical, yo-yo). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 渺茫 , 不定. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | váhavý (faltering, half hearted, hesitant, infirm, irresolute, loath, tentative), promìnlivý (changeable, changing, fluctuating, mobile, mutable, variable, various), neznámý (nameless, strange, unbeknown, unfamiliar, unknown), nespolehlivý (hit and run, hit or miss, incalculable, treacherous, unreliable, unsafe, untrustworthy), nejistý (afloat, chancy, cloudy, doubtful, dubious, faltering, fluid, halting, insecure, jumpy, precarious, shaky, suspensive, tenuous, undecided, uneasy, uneven, unsafe, unsettled, unsound, unsure). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | ræsonneren med usikkerhed (uncertain reasoning), normal kvotering af valuta (uncertain quotation), indlæring under upræcise betingelser (learning from uncertain conditions), fortolkningen af visse af de i EuRFK indeholdte bestemmelser i hoej grad er usikker (the interpretation of the provisions of the 1968 Convention was often uncertain). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | precair, onzeker (indecisive), onbepaald. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | necerta. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | متغیر (Diverse, Indignant, Protean, Shifty, Transitive, Unsteady, Variable, Variant, Vicissitudinous), مردد (Hesitant, Suspense, Unready), مشکوک (Doubtful, Dubious, Esoteric, Precarious, Questionable, Shady, Skeptic, Suspicious), نامعلوم (Conditional, Equivocal, Hazy, Incalculable, Inconspicuous, Indescribable, Indistinct, Invisible, Pendant, Uncharted, Unknown, Unlimited), دمدمی (Ambivalent, Quirk, Unpredictable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tietymätön, horjuva (failing, tottering, undecided, unstable, unsteady, wavering), hapuileva (fumbling, groping, tentative), epävarma (doubtful, insecure, not sure, unsteady), epätietoinen (doubtful, dubious), epämääräinen (hazy, indefinite, indeterminate, nondescript, undetermined, vague, woolly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | incertain (unclear, undecided, unpredictable, unsettled, unstable, unsteady). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | unsicher (chancy, dangerous, doubtful, dubious, halting, haltingly, hazardous, insecure, insecurely, instable, jumpy, precarious, precariously, shaky, uncertainly, uneasily, uneasy, uneven, unsafe, unsafely, unsettled, unsound, unstable, unstably, unsteady, unsure, wild). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | άστατοσ (capricious, fickle, flighty, floater, inconstant, mercurial, tergiversator, unsettled, unstable, volatile, whiffler), αβέβαιοσ (equivocal, precarious, touch and go, unsure, vague). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מפוקפק (apocryphal, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, moot, questionable, suspect, suspicious, unfounded), לא בטוח (insecure, precarious, touch and go). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | bizonytalan (choppy, cranky, dicey, dim, dubious, elusive, equivocal, faint, faltering, fickle, have cold feet, hazy, hesitating, indefinite, indeterminate, insecure, irresolute, nondescript, obscure, pennky, precarious, questionable, sandy, scratchy, shaky, speculative, suspensive, to be in the air, to hang in the air, to hang in the balance, transcendental, unsettled, unsteady, unsure, vague, woozy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | tidak pasti, khilafiah (wrong), celam-celum (unsure). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | malsicuro (aleatory, insecure, unreliable, unsafe, unsound, unstably, unsteady, unsure), incerto (aleatory, borderline, dim, doubtful, dubious, in question, irresolute, open, questionable, shadowy, tentative, touch and go, unclear, undecided, unsettled, unsure, vague). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 危うい (close, critical, dangerous, grave, limping, narrow, unreliable, watch out!). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | おぼつかない (doubtful, unreliable), うたがわしい (disputable, doubtful, questionable, suspicious), ふたしか (indefinite, unreliable), ふかくじつ (inauthentic, unreliable), ふかくてい (indefinite), ふめい (ambiguous, anonymous, ignorant, indistinct, lack of wisdom, obscure, unidentified, unknown), どっちつかず (gray area, unclear area), あぶなっかしい (close, critical, dangerous, grave, limping, narrow, unreliable, watch out), あぶない (close, critical, dangerous, grave, limping, narrow, unreliable, watch out!), あやうい (close, critical, dangerous, grave, limping, narrow, unreliable, watch out!), あやふや (ambiguous, vague), じし"なし (unsure). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 미심쩍은. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Malay | tak pasti. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | neuhickyr (apocryphal, chancy, debatable, fluky, indefinite, infirm, insecure, loose, precarious), missilagh (fickle, precarious), anhickyr (inconstant, indeterminate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ertainuncay incerto (borderline, chancy, double-minded, doubtful, doubtless, Dublin, fitful, floating bridge, hazardous cargo, incalculable, inconstant, insecure, Kittle, lubricous, precarious, problematic, questionable, risky, shaky, shifting, slippery, slippy, tottery, touch and go, unassured, undecided, unreliable, unsettled, unstable, unsure), duvidoso (controversial, disputant, doubtful, doubting, dubious, fishy, questionable, shaky, suspicious, unassured, unreliable, unsure, untrustworthy). (various references) variabil (changeable, choppy, floating, fluctuating, mutable, uneven, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, variable, variably, variant, varying), pãrelnic (apparent), nesigur (chancy, conjectural, doubtful, dubious, erratic, fitful, hesitating, in doubt, inconstant, indecisive, insecure, irresolutely, rocky, ticklish, unsafe), nelãmurit (obscure, shadowy, unenlightened, vague, vaguely), incert (doubtful), eventual (accidental, casual, contingent, eventual, eventually, possible, possibly), dubios (doubtful, dubious, equivocal, fishy, questionable, shady, suspicious), şovãitor (at pause, doubtful, dubious, faltering, flexuous, halting, hesitant, hesitating, hesitatingly, irresolute, reluctant, shilly shally, tremulous, undecided, wavering, waveringly), îndoielnic (ambiguous, arguable, debatable, doubtful, in doubt, lax, otiose, squint, suspicious). (various references) неопределенный (atemporal, chancy, dusty, hazy, iffy, imponderable, imprecise, indecisive, indefinite, indeterminate, inexplicit, infinite, infinitive, lax, suspenseful, undefined, undetermined, unspecified, unsure, vague). (various references) luaineach (fickle, inconstant, restless). (various references) sporan (arguable, contentious, controversial, debatable, disputable, disputatious, exceptionable, impugnable, moot, vexed), nesiguran (dickey, dicky, diffident, dotty, doubtful, faltering, insecure, precarious, shaky, uneasy, unsafe, unsound, unsure, waggly, wildcat, wonky), nepouzdan (dicky, equivocal, precarious, sandy, trustless, unassured, unreliable, unsafe, unsteady, untrustworthy), neizvestan (doubtful, unlikely). (various references) incierto (aleatory, broken, incertitude, indefinite, treacherous, vague). (various references) oviss (contingent, doubtful, hanging, indeterminate, open, up in the air), osäker (doubtful, fluid, iffy, insecure, precarious, shaky, touch and go, unsafe, unsettled, unsure, vague). (various references) kesin olmayan (chancy, indefinite, provisional, questionable), kararsız (ambivalent, astatic, baffling, changeable, changeful, double-minded, doubtful, dubious, erratic, faltering, fickle, flighty, fluctuating, flukey, fluky, fluxional, halting, hazy, hesitant, inconsistent, inconstant, indecisive, infirm, infirm of purpose, irresolute, precarious, restless, shilly shally, uncommitted, undecided, undetermined, unresolved, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, vacillating, vagabond, vague, wayward, weak-kneed), güvenilmez (beyond belief, discredited, elusive, elusory, faithless, insecure, irresponsible, precarious, shifty, slippery, suspicious, treacherous, unfaithful, unreliable, unsound, unstable, unsteady, untrustable, untrustworthy, whacky), emin olmayan (unconvinced, unsafe, unsure), değişken (capricious, changeable, changeful, choppy, erratic, factor, fickle, fitful, flexible, flexile, fluid, fluxional, incalculable, inconsistent, inconstant, inequable, labile, mercurial, mobile, mutable, protean, shifting, sliding, streaked, streaky, swinging, unfunded, unstable, unsteady, variable, variant, versatile), bir öyle bir böyle olan, belirsiz (ambiguous, backhanded, clouded, cloudy, cloudyly, dubious, dusty, equivocal, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, in the balance, indefinable, indefinite, indescribable, indeterminate, indistinct, inglorious, lax, misty, obscure, off color, off colour, precarious, shadowy, unclear, undefined, undetermined, unsettled, vague), belírsíz, şüpheli (chancy, contestable, creaky, debatable, discredited, disputable, dodgy, doubtful, dubious, dubitative, equivocal, fishy, funny, funny peculiar, hazardous, indecisive, indefinable, murky, nebulous, precarious, problematic, problematical, sceptical, screwy, shadowy, shady, shaky, skeptical, speculative, suspect, suspenseful, suspicious, umbrageous, unconvincing). (various references) gьmana (doubtful, hardly possible), aljyraссy (insecure), alasarmyk (cloudy). (various references) сумнівний (apocryphal, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, indeterminate, naughty, off color, off colour, precarious, problematic, problematical, queer, risky, shady), невпевнений (unclear, unconfident, unsure), невизначений (ambiguous, indefinable, twilight, undetermined, unsure, vague), мінливий (capricious, changeable, changeful, chatoyant, chequered, choppy, floating, inconsistent, interchangeable, mutable, non-permanent, skittish, stayless, vagrant, variable, varied, wanton, wavy, wayward). (various references) không kiên định không đáng tin cậy, không chắc (aleatory, improbable, unlikely, unstable, unsteady), còn ngờ hay thay đổi. (various references) ansicr (doubtful), anni%au, anhynod (indistinctive, not famous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | incertus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 5, Verse 6 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | OdouV gar zwhV ouk epercetai sfalerai de ai trociai authV kai ouk eugnwstoi |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Per semitam vitae non ambulat vagi sunt gressus eius et investigabiles |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Bi the path of lif thei gon not; vagaunt ben the goingus of hir, and vnserchable. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Lest thou shouldst ponder the path of life, her ways are movable, that thou canst not know them. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | She never keeps her mind on the road of life; her ways are uncertain, she has no knowledge. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 5, Verse 6 |
| Cebuano | Busa siya dili makakaplag sa patag nga alagianan sa kinabuhi: Ang iyang mga dalan mabalhinon, ug siya wala mahibalo niini. |
| Croatian | Ona ne pazi na put života, ne mari što su joj staze kolebljive. |
| Danish | hun følger ej Livets Vej, hendes Spor er bugtet, hun ved det ikke. |
| Dutch | Opdat gij het pad des levens niet zoudt wegen, zijn haar gangen ongestadig, dat gij het niet merkt. |
| Finnish | Ei käy hän elämän tasaista polkua, hänen tiensä horjuvat hänen huomaamattaan. |
| German | Sie geht nicht stracks auf dem Wege des Lebens; unstet sind ihre Tritte, daß sie nicht weiß, wo sie geht. |
| Haitian Creole | Li p'ap chache chemen lavi. L'ap pwonmennen toupatou, li pa konnen kote li prale. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Ia tidak tetap pada jalan yang menuju hidup; tanpa diketahuinya ia telah menyimpang dari jalan itu. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Supaya jangan engkau menimbang akan jalan kehidupan, jadi tiada ketahuan langkahnya, sehingga tak boleh engkau mengenal akan dia. |
| Italian | Per timore che tu guardi al sentiero della vita, le sue vie volgono qua e l ; essa non se ne cura. |
| Maori | Heoi kahore i kitea e ia te ara totika ki te ora: he kotiti ke ona ara, a kahore ia i te matau. |
| Norwegian | På livets sti vil hun ikke vandre; hennes veier går hit og dit, uten at hun vet det. |
| Portuguese | Ela não pondera a vereda da vida; incertos são os seus caminhos, e ela o ignora. |
| Rumanian | Awa cq ea nu poate gqsi calea vieyii, rqtqcewte kn cqile ei, wi nu wtie unde merge. |
| Russian | еУМЙ 'Щ ФЩ ЪБИПФЕМ ПУФЙЗОХФШ УФЕЪА ЦЙЪОЙ ЕЕ, ФП ХФЙ ЕЕ ОЕ ПУФПСООЩ, Й ФЩ ОЕ ХЪОБЕЫШ ЙИ. |
| Spanish | No considera el camino de la vida; sus sendas son inestables, y ella no se da cuenta. |
| Swedish | Livets väg vill hon ej akta på; hennes stigar äro villostigar, fastän hon ej vet det. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "uncertain": uncertainly, uncertainness, uncertainnesses, uncertainties, uncertainty. (additional references) | |
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"Uncertain" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: uncert, uncertayne, uncertin, uncreation, uncrtain. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "uncertain" (pronounced unser"tun) |
| 5 | -s er" t u n | certain. |
| 4 | -er" t u n | Burton, curtain. |
| 3 | -t u n | actin, badminton, batten, beaten, begotten, biotin, bitten, Boston, boughten, Bouton, brighten, bulletin, button, Canton, capstan, captain, carton, charlatan, chieftain, clandestine, cosmopolitan, cotton, craton, Dalton, dentin, dishearten, eaten, enlighten, exoskeleton, fatten, flatten, forgotten, fountain, frighten, frostbitten, gelatin, gluten, gotten, guncotton, handwritten, hearten, heighten, highfalutin, intermountain, intestine, jetton, kindergarten, kitten, lighten, litten, lovastatin, Manhattan, marten, Martin, Melton, metropolitan, misbegotten, mitten, molten, mountain, mutton, nekton, Newton, overwritten, Parton, Patten, phytoplankton, piston, plankton, plantain, platen, pleasing, ponton, predestine, prolactin, puritan, rewritten, rotten, Samaritan, satin, Seton, Sexton, shorten, Singleton, skeleton, smitten, spartan, straighten, sultan, sweeten, tartan, teston, threaten, tighten, Titan, Triton, tungsten, typewritten, unbeaten, unbutton, underwritten, unwritten, verboten, wanton, wheaten, whiten, written. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: runcinate. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-n-n-r-t-u" | |
-1 letter: anuretic, uncinate. | |
-2 letters: ancient, aneurin, cannier, centaur, ceratin, certain, creatin, curtain, entrain, narcein, ruinate, tacrine, taurine, tunicae, uncrate, uranite, urinate. | |
-3 letters: acetin, acuter, anuric, auntie, canine, canner, cannie, canter, carnet, carnie, centai, centra, cretin, cunner, curate, curiae, curite, enatic, encina, inaner, incant, innate, intern, inturn, narine, nature, nectar, nuance, nutria, ratine, recant, retain. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-n-n-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: enunciator, nunciature, renunciate, uncreating. | |
+2 letters: antinuclear, crenulation, enunciators, nunciatures, renunciates, uncertainly, uncertainty, uncurtained, underacting. | |
+3 letters: anticonsumer, counterstain, crenulations, denunciatory, encrustation, internuclear, internuncial, neurasthenic, renunciation, renunciative, renunciatory, undercoating, unimportance. | |
+4 letters: anticonsumers, counteracting, counteraction, counterstains, documentarian, encrustations, functionaries, intercommunal, macronutrient, neurasthenics, neuroanatomic, precautioning, quincentenary, reacquainting, reinoculating, reinoculation, renunciations, repunctuation, reunification, uncertainness, uncertainties, unchlorinated, unconstrained, uncoordinated, undercoatings, underreacting, undoctrinaire, unimportances. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 6E 63 65 72 74 61 69 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. -.-. . .-. - .- .. -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01101110 01100011 01100101 01110010 01110100 01100001 01101001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U n c e r t a i n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 006E 0063 0065 0072 0074 0061 0069 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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| Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references) |
