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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
uncertain \uncer"tain\, v. t. 1st pref. un- + certain; or fr.
   uncertain, a.
   to make uncertain. obs. --sir w. raleigh.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
uncertain \uncer"tain\ u^ns~er"ti^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
see also:
incertain precarious 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
uncertain
     adj 1: 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: unsure, incertain
            ant: certainp, certainp
     2: 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 consquences"; "without further evidence his
        story must remain uncertain" ant: certainp
     3: not established or confirmed; "his doom is as yet unsealed"
        syn: unsealed ant: sealed
     4: not firm or secure; "balancing three boxes in an uncertain
        pile"
     5: not certain to occur; not inevitable; "everything is
        uncertain about the army"; "the issue is uncertain" ant:
        certain
     6: 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,
         unsettled
     7: not safe from danger or mishap; "faced an uncertain future";
        "an unsure existence" syn: unsure
     8: not consistent or dependable; "an uncertain recollection of
        events"; "a gun with a rather uncertain trigger"
     9: ambiguous especially in the negative; "she spoke in no
        uncertain terms"
see also:
unsure incertain certainp unsealed sealed certain 
changeable unsettled 
[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
219 moby thesaurus words for "uncertain":
   pyrrhonic, 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,
   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




[5] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
uncertain, tx city, fips 74240
  location: 32.70856 n, 94.12249 w
  population 1990: 194 148 housing units
  area: 1.3 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
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
   zip codes 1990:    
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    uncertain, tx
    uncertain



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