UNCERTAINTY

uncertainty, uncertainness, precariousness

(noun) being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance; “the uncertainty of the outcome”; “the precariousness of his income”

doubt, uncertainty, incertitude, dubiety, doubtfulness, dubiousness

(noun) the state of being unsure of something

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

uncertainty (countable and uncountable, plural uncertainties)

(uncountable) Doubt; the condition of being uncertain or without conviction.

(countable) Something uncertain or ambiguous.

(uncountable, mathematics) A parameter that measures the dispersion of a range of measured values.

Antonyms

• certainty

Source: Wiktionary

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Un*cer"tain*ty, n.; pl. Uncertainties (.

1. The quality or state of being uncertain.

2. That which is uncertain; something unknown. Our shepherd's case is every man's case that quits a moral certainty for an uncertainty. L'Estrange.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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