as in doubt
a feeling or attitude that one does not know the truth, truthfulness, or trustworthiness of someone or something
a growing incertitude about the honesty of the housekeeper they had just hired
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Recent Examples of incertitude
And yet the actor spent much of a recent conversation candidly admitting to ambivalence and incertitude.
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New York Times, 27 May 2021
In an offseason of inactivity and incertitude, Bloom’s marquee move will be hiring a new manager.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Jan. 2020
But underneath the skepticism, something else nagged at me: the sense that my incertitude was a metastasis of our jittery, gaslit world, where baseline reality is increasingly in dispute.
—New York Times, 27 Aug. 2019
The difficulty for me in pinning the city down geographically is reflected in a broader ideological incertitude; a current questioning of the state’s identity and place.
—Marley Marius, Vogue, 23 Nov. 2018
Like him, these TPS recipients will now how to live in incertitude.
—Fabienne Josaphat, Teen Vogue, 11 Dec. 2017
New York Times, 27 May 2021
In an offseason of inactivity and incertitude, Bloom’s marquee move will be hiring a new manager.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Jan. 2020
But underneath the skepticism, something else nagged at me: the sense that my incertitude was a metastasis of our jittery, gaslit world, where baseline reality is increasingly in dispute.
—New York Times, 27 Aug. 2019
The difficulty for me in pinning the city down geographically is reflected in a broader ideological incertitude; a current questioning of the state’s identity and place.
—Marley Marius, Vogue, 23 Nov. 2018
Like him, these TPS recipients will now how to live in incertitude.
—Fabienne Josaphat, Teen Vogue, 11 Dec. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incertitude
Noun
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There is little doubt that this is a rapidly developing field and that there are tremendous upsides to be had, but at the same time, regrettably, hidden risks and outright gotchas come into these endeavors too.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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In 1667, further doubts arose as to whether those aforementioned children should be made free by baptism into Christianity.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Across Washington, there's a lot of skepticism that Trump's approach, using tough police tactics to solve complex social problems, will work.—
Brian Mann,
NPR,
12 Aug. 2025
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And the prevailing anxiety around this arrangement among professional investors might be working to maintain a helpful reservoir of skepticism the tape can perhaps keep feeding from.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
9 Aug. 2025
Noun
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When Rudi’s family arrives at their country house, signs of an intruder spark suspicion.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
16 Aug. 2025
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Because of that though the suspicion of inauthenticity becomes part of the draw, like a world reoriented to the ontology of professional wrestling.—
Emil Steiner,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Tools are specifically tailored to the experiences of a performer such as getting in and out of character, managing stage fright, and coping with rejection and job uncertainty.—
Cathy Applefeld Olson,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Market watchers are predicting another rally for gold after U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed the metal would be exempt from new tariffs — even as some uncertainty lingers.—
Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
12 Aug. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Incertitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incertitude. Accessed 24 Aug. 2025.
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