uncertainty

[ʌnˈsɜːrtnti]

Definition:
1. Being unsettled or in doubt.
2. The state of being unsure of something.

Use 'uncertainty' in a sentence:

1. The ability to do almost anything you like is powerful, but it can also lead to uncertainty about how to establish a standard approach to development.
2. It has been driven by fear, and it is creating even more fear as money problems and uncertainty grow.
3. When the uncertainties become greater than the certainties, we end up in a game of bluff.
4. A nervousness and tenderness and uncertainty I didn't understand.
5. The uncertainty was at last behind her.
6. The only thing to do is to fling caution to the winds and make a decision, right or wrong; anything is better than uncertainty.
7. Such convolutions leave the reader in a high state of uncertainty about what you just said.
8. That's not the only uncertainty.
9. Because of many uncertainties, an exact analysis of the stresses usually cannot be made.
10. He had an air of uncertainty about him.
11. This uncertainty must be swept away.
12. The uncertainty of winning provides added attraction and desirability through emotional "thrills".
13. Uncertainty is a discouragement to investment.
14. But that's not the only uncertainty.
15. Here was treasure-hunting under the happiest auspices--there would not be any bothersome uncertainty as to where to dig.
16. All this uncertainty breeds insecurity.
17. Hope, for Bloch, has its starting point in fear, in uncertainty, and in crisis: it is a creative force that goes hand in hand with utopian "wishful images".
18. The experiment didn't necessarily indicate that the dolphin had knowledge of its own uncertainty, just that it wanted to avoid negative consequences.
19. If you plan ahead, this'll prevent uncertainty and even panic should anything happen later.
20. Around every corner lurked doubt and uncertainty.
21. After six weeks of uncertainty, the strain was beginning to take its toll. 6.
22. Having said all that, I do actually enjoy an element of uncertainty.
23. If you say something like "this appears to be", it implies uncertainty.
24. "Part of the work-life issue has to talk about uncertainty about the future."
25. Surprisal is a variation on uncertainty sometimes used in information theory.
26. On the day her son began school, she meditated on the uncertainties of his future.
27. "There's no way around the uncertainty," says Kimberly Thompson, president of Kid Risk, a nonprofit group that studies children's health.
28. Shedd's zookeepers told Insider that, even during this time of uncertainty, it is important to keep things as normal as possible for the animals.
29. They did studies with monkeys and dolphins that provide evidence that these animals have the ability to feel uncertainty.
30. One of the uncertainties of military duty is that you never know when you might suddenly get posted away.
31. Research of Uncertainty Planning and Planning with Time and Resources.
32. The uncertainty was starting to wear on us, so I wanted to do something special.
33. Both uncertainties in the international economic environment and potential risks have increased.
34. But I homed in, with uncertainty, on one particular table at the Brown's Grove Farm's stand, full of fresh and soft tomatoes the size of my fist.
35. Part of the work-life issue has to talk about uncertainty about the future.
36. Each of the three following situations is characterized by a different kind of uncertainty.
37. Is it possible to enjoy a peaceful life in a world that is increasingly challenged by threats and uncertainties from wars, terrorism, economic crises and a widespread outbreak of infectious diseases?
38. Humans have an inherent need to resolve uncertainty, according to a recent study in psychological science.
39. IQ could help to bridge the gap and resolve the tremendous uncertainty about how much of what we're seeing is natural capriciousness and how much is the consequence of human activity.
40. There are many types of fear, but the two that inhibit iconoclastic thinking and people generally find difficult to deal with are fear of uncertainty and fear of public ridicule.
41. After six weeks of uncertainty, the strain was beginning to take its toll.
42. This energy uncertainty in turn appears as a variability in the apparent mass of the particle.
43. They tried to buffer themselves against problems and uncertainties.
44. It was a time of terrible uncertainty.
45. The uncertainty created by this situation must be confusing for you.
46. When images begin to fade, the uncertainty about where to look increases the fluctuations in superior colliculus activity, triggering a microsaccade.
47. They hoped the waiting and the uncertainty would wear down my resistance.
48. They didn't get either reward or punishment for choosing the "pass" option, the uncertainty response.
49. We can help you to develop certain attitudes of mind like a willingness to accept uncertainty and the lack of definite truth.
50. There is considerable uncertainty about the company's future.
51. Given the uncertainty over Leigh's future I was left with little other choice.
52. Generally, there is uncertainty as to whether very young children can distinguish between fantasy and reality in advertising.
53. "The uncertainty of winning provides added attraction and desirability through emotional ‘ thrills.'"
54. The uncertainty of winning provides added attraction and desirability through emotional thrills.
55. The thesis puts emphasis on the uncertainty of dynamic economic law, including the uncertainty of economic law's legislation, execution and judicature.
56. There is much uncertainty about what it will involve.