uncertainty
the state of being uncertain; doubt; hesitancy: His uncertainty gave impetus to his inquiry.
an instance of uncertainty, doubt, etc.
unpredictability; indeterminacy; indefiniteness.
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How to use uncertainty in a sentence
There is a lot of uncertainty in the SEO community on whether Google actually uses behavioral metrics to rank pages.
8 major Google ranking factors — SEO guide | Sponsored Content: SEO PowerSuite | September 15, 2020 | Search Engine LandWe’re just getting more used to the uncertainty rather than the uncertainty receding.
‘We’re getting more used to the uncertainty’: BBC Global News chief on ad-funded news | Lucinda Southern | September 10, 2020 | DigidayBusinesses are now looking to figure out possible steps and responses to mitigate risks in these uncertainties.
How businesses can use YouTube to tackle the COVID-19 business crisis | Catherrine Garcia | September 7, 2020 | Search Engine WatchAll that said, I’ve had my moments, too, where I’ve gotten really really bummed out, or depressed, or wherever you want to call it, about just the situation, because there’s so much uncertainty.
Levi Strauss’s Chip Bergh on why he’s taking his most direct stance yet against structural racism | Ellen McGirt | September 1, 2020 | FortuneNow the travel-focused mega-unicorn must still contend with the uncertainty of the pandemic.
New York blinks in the face of uncertainty and bans hydraulic fracturing.
But for me, this admittance of uncertainty and doubts grounds Serial in reality.
Adnan Killed Her! No, Jay Did It! Serial’s Uncertain, True-to-Reality End | Emily Shire | December 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHis Canon camera dangled by his side and the feeling of uncertainty over what he could now report punctuated everything he said.
Kundera sees fiction as a realm of many partial truths, its only certainty “the wisdom of uncertainty.”
If the certainty of the wisdom of uncertainty is itself uncertain, the force of the definition crumbles by logical standards.
The uncertainty as to the dates of his father's death and his own has suggested a doubt whether he ever succeeded to the lordship.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. MurisonBilly Towler—alias Walleye—looked after him with an air of uncertainty.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands | R.M. BallantyneConsidering the uncertainty in which we are left by both text and commentary, the best we can do is to adore without disputing.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)“N–not exactly,” replied Amy, with a smile and glance of uncertainty, as if she did not quite see the drift of the question.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands | R.M. BallantyneAfter two months of uncertainty, the committee decided to dispense with his reply, and invited Rimsky-Korsakov to take his place.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste Tchaikovsky
British Dictionary definitions for uncertainty
/ (ʌnˈsɜːtəntɪ) /
Also called: uncertainness the state or condition of being uncertain
an uncertain matter, contingency, etc
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