uncertain

English

Etymology

un- +‎ certain

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʌnˈsɜːtən/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)tən

Adjective

uncertain (comparative more uncertain, superlative most uncertain)

1. not known for certain; questionable
2. not yet determined; undecided
3. variable and subject to change
4. fitful or unsteady
5. unpredictable or capricious

Antonyms

• certain

Translations

not known for certain; questionable

• Catalan: incert (ca)
• Czech: nejistý (cs) m
• Esperanto: necerta (eo)
• Finnish: epävarma (fi), kyseenalainen (fi)
• German: ungewiss (de), unsicher (de)

• Hungarian: bizonytalan (hu)
• Khmer: មិនប្រាកដប្រជា (km) (min brakadabracha)
• Polish: niepewny (pl), nieokreślony (pl) m
• Romanian: nesigur (ro) m and n, nesiguri (ro) m pl, incert (ro) m and n
• Scottish Gaelic: mì-chinnteach (gd)
• Spanish: incierto (es)

not yet determined; undecided

• Catalan: incert (ca)
• Esperanto: necerta (eo)
• Finnish: epävarma (fi)
• Georgian: გაურკვეველი (ka) (gaurkveveli)
• German: unbestimmt (de)

• Hungarian: bizonytalan (hu)
• Polish: niepewny, niezdecydowany m
• Romanian: nedecis (ro) m and n, indecis (ro) m and n
• Scottish Gaelic: mì-chinnteach (gd)
• Spanish: incierto (es)

variable and subject to change

• Catalan: incert (ca)
• Finnish: epävarma (fi)
• German: unbeständig (de), unsicher (de)
• Hungarian: bizonytalan (hu)

• Romanian: instabil (ro) m and n, inconstant (ro) m and n, nestatornic (ro) m and n, nestabil (ro) m and n, instabili (ro) m pl
• Scottish Gaelic: mì-chinnteach (gd)
• Spanish: incierto (es)

fitful or unsteady

• Finnish: epävarma (fi), epävakaa (fi)
• German: unbeständig (de)
• Hungarian: bizonytalan (hu)

• Romanian: instabil (ro) m and n, neregulat (ro), variabil (ro) m and n
• Scottish Gaelic: mì-chinnteach (gd)

unpredictable or capricious

• Finnish: arvaamaton (fi)
• German: unbeständig (de)
• Hungarian: bizonytalan (hu)

• Romanian: imprevizibil (ro) m and n, imprevizibili (ro) m pl
• Scottish Gaelic: mì-chinnteach (gd)

Related terms

• uncertainly, uncertainty

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