UNCER'TAINTY, noun 1. doubtfulness; dubiousness. The truth is not ascertained; the latest accounts have not removed the uncertainty 2. Want of certainty; want of precision; as the uncertainty of the signification of words. 3. Contingency. Steadfastly grasping the greatest and most slippery uncertainties. 4. Something unknown. Our shepherd's case is every man's case that quits a certainty for an uncertainty
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