uncertainty

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Uncertainty is defined as doubt.

(noun)

  1. When you feel as if you are not sure if you want to take a new job or not, this is an example of uncertainty.
  2. When the economy is going bad and causing everyone to worry about what will happen next, this is an example of an uncertainty.

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See uncertainty in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. lack of certainty; doubt
  2. pl. uncertainties something uncertain

Origin: ME uncerteynte

See uncertainty in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. un·cer·tain·ties
  1. The condition of being uncertain; doubt.
  2. Something uncertain: the uncertainties of modern life.
  3. Statistics The estimated amount or percentage by which an observed or calculated value may differ from the true value.

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