Definitions for uncertain

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uncertain un·cer·tain

Spelling: [uhn-sur-tn]

IPA: /ʌnˈsɜr tn/

Uncertain is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 468 anagrams from letters in uncertain (aceinnrtu).

Definitions for uncertain

adjective

1. not definitely ascertainable or fixed, as in time of occurrence, number, dimensions, or quality.
2. not confident, assured, or free from hesitancy:
3. not clearly or precisely determined; indefinite; unknown:
4. vague; indistinct; not perfectly apprehended:
5. subject to change; variable; capricious; unstable:
6. ambiguous; unreliable; undependable:
7. dependent on chance or unpredictable factors; doubtful; of unforeseeable outcome or effect.
8. unsteady or flickering, as light; of changing intensity or quality.

Origin of uncertain

Middle English word dating back to 1250-1300; See origin at un-¹, certain

Examples for uncertain

You may have noticed that night at the Oldakers'—well, women, Mr. Bines, are uncertain.

With his bag in hand, he wandered through the streets, uncertain what to do or where to go.

Meanwhile, ISIS is on the march, and President Obama strikes an uncertain pose.

Even “destroyed” becomes an uncertain term when applied to these sort of digital files.

There appears to be a great number of horses', but am uncertain if there are any camel-tracks.

In war, he wrote, “everything is uncertain … all military action is intertwined with psychological forces and effects.”

Her face was close to his, else he could not have caught the uncertain murmuring.

Whether this three-day system is a harbinger of seasonal weather changes is uncertain.

Then some one—who it was is uncertain—ordered the bugler to sound the "charge."

“The jailer had a high-school-age daughter and was uncertain how to help her get in college,” writes Ferris.