uncertainty (n.)

  1. being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance; the uncertainty of the outcome; the precariousness of his income

    [ Syn: uncertainness , precariousness ]

  2. the state of being unsure of something

    [ Syn: doubt , incertitude , dubiety , doubtfulness , dubiousness ]

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