Uncertainty
Pronunciation : Un*cer"tain*ty
Part of Speech : n.;
Definition : 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.
pl. Uncertainties (.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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