being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance
"the uncertainty of the outcome"
"the precariousness of his income"
the state of being unsure of something
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uncertainty
Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. [ Congreve ]
Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty. [ Tacitus ]
The uncertainty of events disturbs the purest enjoyments. [ De Levis ]
He is no wise man that will quit a certainty for an uncertainty. [ Johnson ]
Truth is strengthened by observation and time, pretences by haste and uncertainty. [ Tacitus ]
He whom fortune has never deceived rarely considers the uncertainty of human events. [ Livy ]
The uncertainty of death is, in effect, the great support of the whole system of life. [ Johnson ]
Uncertainty! fell demon of our fears! The human soul, that can support despair, supports not thee. [ Mallet ]
When we reflect on the shortness and uncertainty of life, how despicable seem all our pursuits of happiness. [ Hume ]
Nothing raises the price of a blessing like its removal; whereas it was its continuance which should have taught us its value. There are three requisitions to the proper enjoyment of earthly blessings, - a thankful reflection on the goodness of the Giver, a deep sense of our unworthiness, a recollection of the uncertainty of long possessing them. The first would make us grateful; the second, humble; and the third, moderate. [ Hannah More ]
uncertaintyin Scrabble®
The word uncertainty is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.
uncertainty:
ancient, annuity, cannery, cannier, catenin, cattery, cattier, cautery, centaur, century, certain, citrate, cittern, curtain, cutrate, cyanine, cyanite, entrain, entrant, icetray, nattier, nectary, nictate, nitrate, nuttier, raucity, tannery, tantric, taunter, tenancy, tetanic, truancy, uncrate, unearnt, unitary, urinate
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uncertaintyin Words With Friends™
The word uncertainty is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.
uncertainty:
ancient, annuity, cannery, cannier, catenin, cattery, cattier, cautery, centaur, century, certain, citrate, cittern, curtain, cutrate, cyanine, cyanite, entrain, entrant, icetray, nattier, nectary, nictate, nitrate, nuttier, raucity, tannery, tantric, taunter, tenancy, tetanic, truancy, uncrate, unearnt, unitary, urinate
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in certain certainty
ta certain certainty
ai taint certainty
in taint certainty
ta taint certainty
ai certain uncertain
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