Synonym: doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, incertitude, precariousness, uncertainness. Similar words: uncertain, certain, for certain, certainly, certainly not, entertainment, maintain, curtain. Meaning: [ʌn'sɜrtntɪ /-'sɜːt-] n. 1. being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance 2. the state of being unsure of something.
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61. Now, it is important to say that an intelligent expression of faith will still convey some sense of uncertainty.
62. The bank merger introduced a period of uncertainty in the financial markets.
63. But we know it can not be quite right because it doesn't incorporate the uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics.
64. There is a large degree of uncertainty about the extent to which women worked underground in the eighteenth-century coal industry.
65. It minimises uncertainty and helps to anticipate changes for example in demography, social factors, values and employment levels. 3.
66. Its downward trend was disturbed only by the uncertainty of the First World War and a sharp but transient post-war baby boom.
67. In this chapter it has been argued that the uncertainty map can be of great help in managing such a portfolio.
68. When intensive care or emergency surgery are used inappropriately doctors sometimes offer as an excuse their uncertainty about the law.
69. The hostages described life in the prison camp as a nightmare of fear and uncertainty.
70. Some countries have drifted towards dollarisation as a result of suffering from political and monetary uncertainty.
71. Last year they faced uncertainty over their jobs when the Lewis's group went bust and called in the receivers.
72. On top of this comes the extra uncertainty from the new compression of the primary season.
73. I think the editors of Cinema Nuovo are partly responsible for what you call our uncertainty.
74. Perception is biased towards recognition and each successful achievement reduces uncertainty.
75. Other authorities have held back before embarking on such highly desirable projects because of that uncertainty in the law.
76. This was the way in which uncertainty asserted itself in Heisenberg's original formulation of quantum mechanics.
77. And that's no different from the uncertainty over winning the multi-million contract with Tashenu's.
78. My own uncertainty in defending my position at the time made me that much more adamant and angry in response.
79. The security of a government-funded human services position had been an improvement over the uncertainty of a solo carpentry business.
80. The formality of reading allows her to interact with me without uncertainty and anxiety.
81. It is precisely because such a code does not exist,(sentencedict.com) that we live in a period of uncertainty and experimentation.
82. The widespread adoption of floating exchange rates increased the uncertainty and risk associated with international trade and investment. Sentencedict.com
83. Although frightening and painful, the actual violence is generally less terrifying than living in a constant state of uncertainty and threat.
84. The microscopic quantum world is imprecise; it is the domain of Heisenberg uncertainty.
85. In practice, however, uncertainty is often dealt with through the simple mechanism of assigning higher discount rates to riskier projects.
86. This cycle causes considerable market uncertainty affecting the occupiers, developers, investors and planners involved in new building.
87. They will expect you to bottle up your inner uncertainty, whatever it is about.
88. A large body of theory and no small degree of controversy exist relative to the treatment of uncertainty.
89. There were so many little tasks that she would have to master, she realized with a sickening lurch of uncertainty.
90. That is what the uncertainty created by the Prime Minister's opt-out will cost us.
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