uncertainty
UK /ʌnˈsɜːtənti/ · US /ʌnˈsɝtənti/ noun
Forms uncertainties uncertainity
- noun (uncountable) Doubt; the condition of being uncertain or without conviction.
- noun (countable) Something uncertain or ambiguous. “Some uncertainties remain; an especially salient uncertainty is the timing of their return trip.”
- noun (uncountable, mathematics) A parameter that measures the dispersion of a range of measured values.
Synonyms
uncertain uncertainness precariousness doubt incertitude dubiety doubtfulness dubiousness
Antonyms
Etymology
From Middle English uncerteynte; equivalent to un- + certainty or uncertain + -ty.
Webster’s 1913
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “uncertainty”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details