'Uncertain' definitions:
Definition of 'uncertain'
From: WordNet
adjective
Lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance; "uncertain of his convictions"; "unsure of himself and his future"; "moving with uncertain (or unsure) steps"; "an uncertain smile"; "touched the ornaments with uncertain fingers" [syn: uncertain, unsure, incertain] [ant: certain(p), sure]
adjective
Not established beyond doubt; still undecided or unknown; "an uncertain future"; "a manuscript of uncertain origin"; "plans are still uncertain"; "changes of great if uncertain consequences"; "without further evidence his story must remain uncertain" [ant: certain(p)]
adjective
Not established or confirmed; "his doom is as yet unsealed" [syn: unsealed, uncertain] [ant: certain, sealed]
adjective
Not certain to occur; not inevitable; "everything is uncertain about the army"; "the issue is uncertain" [ant: certain, sure]
adjective
Subject to change; "a changeable climate"; "the weather is uncertain"; "unsettled weather with rain and hail and sunshine coming one right after the other" [syn: changeable, uncertain, unsettled]
adjective
Not consistent or dependable; "an uncertain recollection of events"; "a gun with a rather uncertain trigger"
adjective
Ambiguous (especially in the negative); "she spoke in no uncertain terms"
Definition of 'Uncertain'
From: GCIDE
- Uncertain \Un*cer"tain\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + certain; or fr. uncertain, a.] To make uncertain. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Uncertain'
From: GCIDE
- Uncertain \Un*cer"tain\ ([u^]n*s[~e]r"t[i^]n), a. [Pref. un- not + certain. Cf. Incertain.]
- 1. Not certain; not having certain knowledge; not assured in mind; distrustful. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Man, without the protection of a superior Being, . . . is uncertain of everything that he hopes for. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Irresolute; inconsonant; variable; untrustworthy; as, an uncertain person; an uncertain breeze. [1913 Webster]
- O woman! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please! --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Questionable; equivocal; indefinite; problematical. "The fashion of uncertain evils." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- From certain dangers to uncertain praise. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Not sure; liable to fall or err; fallible. [1913 Webster]
- Soon bent his bow, uncertain in his aim. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Whistling slings dismissed the uncertain stone. --Gay. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: See Precarious. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'uncertain'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adrift,
- afloat,
- agnostic,
- alternating,
- ambiguous,
- ambitendent,
- ambivalent,
- amorphous,
- amphibological,
- amphibolous,
- at a loss,
- at loose ends,
- blear,
- bleared,
- bleary,
- blurred,
- blurry,
- broken,
- capricious,
- careening,
- catchy,
- chancy,
- changeable,
- changeful,
- choppy,
- confused,
- dark,
- desultory,
- deviable,
- deviative,
- dicey,
- dim,
- disconnected,
- discontinuous,
- distrustful,
- dizzy,
- double-minded,
- doubtful,
- doubting,
- dubious,
- eccentric,
- enigmatic,
- equivocal,
- equivocatory,
- erratic,
- faint,
- fast and loose,
- feeble,
- fence-sitting,
- fence-straddling,
- fickle,
- filmy,
- fitful,
- flickering,
- flighty,
- flitting,
- fluctuating,
- foggy,
- freakish,
- from Missouri,
- fuzzy,
- giddy,
- guttering,
- half-seen,
- half-visible,
- halting,
- hazardous,
- hazy,
- herky-jerky,
- hesitant,
- hesitating,
- heteroclite,
- iffy,
- ill-defined,
- immethodical,
- impetuous,
- impulsive,
- in doubt,
- incalculable,
- inconsistent,
- inconspicuous,
- inconstant,
- indecisive,
- indefinite,
- indemonstrable,
- indistinct,
- indistinguishable,
- infirm,
- infirm of purpose,
- insecure,
- intermittent,
- intermitting,
- ironic,
- irregular,
- irresolute,
- irresolved,
- irresponsible,
- jerky,
- leery,
- low-profile,
- lurching,
- mazy,
- mercurial,
- merely glimpsed,
- mistrustful,
- mistrusting,
- misty,
- moody,
- mugwumpian,
- mugwumpish,
- multivocal,
- mutable,
- mysterious,
- nonuniform,
- obscure,
- of two minds,
- out of focus,
- pale,
- patchy,
- polysemantic,
- polysemous,
- protean,
- Pyrrhonic,
- questionable,
- questioning,
- rambling,
- restless,
- risky,
- rocky,
- rough,
- roving,
- scatterbrained,
- scrappy,
- scrupulous,
- semivisible,
- shadowy,
- shaky,
- shapeless,
- shifting,
- shifty,
- shuffling,
- shy,
- skeptical,
- snatchy,
- spasmatic,
- spasmic,
- spasmodic,
- spastic,
- speculative,
- spineless,
- sporadic,
- spotty,
- staggering,
- suspecting,
- suspicious,
- tottery,
- touch-and-go,
- treacherous,
- unaccountable,
- unclear,
- unconfirmable,
- uncontrolled,
- unconvinced,
- undecided,
- undefined,
- undependable,
- undetermined,
- undisciplined,
- undivinable,
- unequal,
- uneven,
- unfixed,
- unforeseeable,
- unhealthy,
- unmethodical,
- unmetrical,
- unpersuaded,
- unplain,
- unpredictable,
- unprovable,
- unrecognizable,
- unregular,
- unreliable,
- unresolved,
- unrestrained,
- unrhythmical,
- unsafe,
- unsettled,
- unsound,
- unstable,
- unstable as water,
- unstaid,
- unsteadfast,
- unsteady,
- unsure,
- unsystematic,
- untrusting,
- untrustworthy,
- unverifiable,
- vacillating,
- vagrant,
- vague,
- variable,
- veering,
- vicissitudinary,
- vicissitudinous,
- volatile,
- wandering,
- wanton,
- wary,
- wavering,
- wavery,
- wavy,
- wayward,
- weak,
- whimsical,
- wishy-washy,
- wobbling,
- wobbly
Uncertain, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Uncertain, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000) :
150
Housing Units (2000) :
137
Land area (2000) :
0.509950 sq. miles (1.320765 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.001216 sq. miles (0.003150 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.511166 sq. miles (1.323915 sq. km)
FIPS code :
74240
Located within :
Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location :
32.710040 N, 94.121893 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.