Synonym: changeable, doubtful, insecure, precarious, speculative, unpredictable, unsure. Antonym: certain. Similar words: uncertainty, certain, for certain, certainly, certainly not, entertainment, curtain, concert. Meaning: [ʌnˈsɜːt(ə)n; -tɪn] adj. 1. lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance 2. not established beyond doubt; still undecided or unknown 3. not established or confirmed 4. not certain to occur; not inevitable 5. subject to change 6. not consistent or dependable 7. ambiguous (especially in the negative).
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181. However, the heavy rainfall could make this an uncertain crop so dairying and sheep formed the main enterprises on most units.
182. A figure moved slowly through the uncertain light towards him, as faceless and monumental as Death in an old engraving.
183. Animals need to attend to and learn about a stimulus only when its implications for the future are uncertain.
184. Parliamentary material is admissible where the legislation is ambiguous, uncertain or leads to an absurdity.
185. At first she went part-time and, after being uncertain about her major for a time, she settled on physical education.
186. Partly, the boom in direct selling is fueled by the uncertain job market.
187. Many other cases raise only hints, come from uncertain contexts, or are doubtful for other reasons.
188. Baldwin slept badly and briefly, uncertain about the wisdom or precision of his nocturnal negotiations.
189. They also warn that some leading hospitals may face an uncertain future if they lose patients to outside bidders.
190. The Customs officer, policeman, and magistrate began to nod, at first uncertain, reluctant, then with growing accord.
191. This one weighs about six pounds and still seems very uncertain of its role in the wild.
192. Much of medicine is uncertain, and the admission of that uncertainty creates the obligation to research the matter further.
193. In such occupations autonomy is cherished as a means of adapting to an uncertain environment.
194. Whether it can persuade the Government to dig in its heels over this issue looks very uncertain.
195. The whole process is, once again, hormone.controlled, although the precise mechanism is uncertain.
196. Yet the young are living in an age which over the past year has become dramatically uncertain.
197. Moreover, the empirical evidence on the effect of egalitarianism on capital formation is uncertain.
198. But the uncertain future of Speywood Laboratories, a small biotechnology company which funded the project threatens its development.
199. He hesitated, uncertain, then realized that the archway at the end led on to the balcony above the great hall.
200. Another day would be gone with only the beginnings of a very uncertain transaction made.
201. He was adrift in a moral grey area, sandwiched between his past and an uncertain future.
202. He had seen a solicitor, who seemed uncertain; what Paul asked cost money.
203. False passports, employment agents, attempts to bribe immigration officials, the long uncertain wait.
204. Until the results of long term follow up are available the ability of our creatine kinase assay to detect Becker cases remains uncertain.
205. Days of uncertain weather, riding out, walking over the sands, in the beechwoods.
206. Brewer hopes to finish the season with Otago, but is uncertain about his playing future in Canterbury.sentencedict.com
207. The situation was too fluid, the future too uncertain for any relaxation yet.
208. Auditors will also be able to give an opinion without resolution of all uncertain matters so removing an argument for delay.
209. Another is fast, world-wide commerce, giving the individual company a more flexible and uncertain market to compete in.
210. In developing countries it is uncertain whether cryptosporidiosis leads to failure to thrive or whether malnutrition predisposes to cryptosporidiosis.
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