uncertain

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

un·cer·tain [uncertain] BrE [ʌnˈsɜːtn] NAmE [ʌnˈsɜːrtn] adjective
1. not before noun ~ (about/of sth) feeling doubt about sth; not sure
• They're both uncertain about what to do.
• I'm still uncertain of my feelings for him.
Opp: ↑certain
2. likely to change, especially in a negative or unpleasant way
• Our future looks uncertain.
•a man of uncertain temper
3. not definite or decided
Syn: ↑unclear
• It is uncertain what his role in the company will be.
4. not confident
Syn: ↑hesitant
• The baby took its first uncertain steps.
Idiom: ↑in no uncertain terms

Example Bank:
•Cost estimates are notoriously uncertain in this business.
•He seemed strangely uncertain as to how to continue.
•His research into the incident has left him uncertain as to exactly where responsibility lay.
•I feel deeply uncertain about the future.
•The world is inherently uncertain.
•We were rather uncertain of the direction it came from.
•Whether diet is an important factor in this illness is still uncertain.
•immigration policies that made employment status uncertain
•He was a man of uncertain temper.
•I'm still uncertain of my feelings for him.
•She had been dismissed and in no uncertain manner.
•They're both uncertain about what to do.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  changeable, unsettled, unsealed, unsure, incertain
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  certain, sure, sealed, certain(p)