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Uncertainty

The quality or state of being uncertain.

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Narrower term 21

Disbelief 76% connected

The act of disbelieving;; a state of the mind in which one is fully persuaded that an opinion, assertion, or doctrine is not true; refusal of assent,…

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Distrust 76% connected

To feel absence of trust in; not to confide in or rely upon; to deem of questionable sufficiency or reality; to doubt; to be suspicious of; to mistru…

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Doubt 76% connected

To waver in opinion or judgment; to be in uncertainty as to belief respecting anything; to hesitate in belief; to be undecided as to the truth of the…

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Doubtfulness 76% connected

State of being doubtful.

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Dubiousness 76% connected

State of being dubious.

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Improbability 76% connected

The quality or state of being improbable; unlikelihood; also, that which is improbable; an improbable event or result.

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Incredulity 76% connected

The state or quality of being i/credulous; a withholding or refusal of belief; skepticism; unbelief; disbelief.

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Indecision 76% connected

Want of decision; want of settled purpose, or of firmness; indetermination; wavering of mind; irresolution; vacillation; hesitation.

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Indecisiveness 76% connected

The state of being indecisive; unsettled state.

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Indefiniteness 76% connected

The quality of being indefinite.

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Indetermination 76% connected

Want of determination; an unsettled or wavering state, as of the mind.

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Irresolution 76% connected

Want of resolution; want of decision in purpose; a fluctuation of mind, as in doubt, or between hope and fear; irresoluteness; indecision; vacillatio…

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Misgiving 76% connected

of Misgive

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Mistrust 76% connected

Want of confidence or trust; suspicion; distrust.

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Peradventure 76% connected

By chance; perhaps; it may be; if; supposing.

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Question 76% connected

The act of asking; interrogation; inquiry; as, to examine by question and answer.

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Reservation 76% connected

The act of reserving, or keeping back; concealment, or withholding from disclosure; reserve.

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Scepticism 76% connected

etc. See Skeptic, Skeptical, Skepticism, etc.

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Skepticism 76% connected

An undecided, inquiring state of mind; doubt; uncertainty.

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Suspense 76% connected

Held or lifted up; held or prevented from proceeding.

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Suspicion 76% connected

The act of suspecting; the imagination or apprehension of the existence of something (esp. something wrong or hurtful) without proof, or upon very sl…

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Quality 76% connected

The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort;…

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Doubtful 74% connected

Not settled in opinion; undetermined; wavering; hesitating in belief; also used, metaphorically, of the body when its action is affected by such a st…

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Doubtful 74% connected

Not settled in opinion; undetermined; wavering; hesitating in belief; also used, metaphorically, of the body when its action is affected by such a st…

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Precarious 74% connected

Depending on the will or pleasure of another; held by courtesy; liable to be changed or lost at the pleasure of another; as, precarious privileges.

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Precarious 74% connected

Depending on the will or pleasure of another; held by courtesy; liable to be changed or lost at the pleasure of another; as, precarious privileges.

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Doubt 92% connected

To waver in opinion or judgment; to be in uncertainty as to belief respecting anything; to hesitate in belief; to be undecided as to the truth of the…

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Doubtfulness 92% connected

State of being doubtful.

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Dubiety 92% connected

Doubtfulness; uncertainty; doubt.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dubiousness 92% connected

State of being dubious.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Incertitude 92% connected

Uncertainty; doubtfulness; doubt.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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