noun
Meaning 1
The quality of being uncertain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
uncertainness
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noun
Meaning 2
being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the uncertainty of the outcome
- the precariousness of his income
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: uncertainty, precariousness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: quality
Narrower terms: doubt, dubiousness, doubtfulness, question, indefiniteness, indeterminateness, indefinity, indetermination, indeterminacy, unpredictability, improbability, improbableness, fortuitousness, speculativeness
History
Etymology
From Middle English uncerteynnes; equivalent to uncertain + -ness.