UNCERTAINNESS Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

uncertainness

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as in uncertainty

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Noun

Luxury’s financial uncertainty and fashion’s changing cultural reach are part of the picture, but so is audience fatigue.

— Alex Badia, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026
Her final season began with uncertainty over whether labor negotiations would disrupt the league’s schedule.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of uncertainty

Noun

The moonshot idea of putting AI data centers into outer space just moved one step closer to reality, despite doubts about its feasibility.

— Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
The last thing this young and impressionable Dolphins squad needs is to have doubts that the progress being made, the foundation being laid, is faulty, and fragile.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of doubt

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The disease is spreading in a region of Congo with intense population movements due to economic activities, conflict displacement and mining, and where there’s deep mistrust with the government and misinformation about the virus.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
The unusual diplomatic rebuke underscored the mistrust between the two countries.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of mistrust

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Kotlikoff acknowledged frustration that Cornell has not communicated enough, saying that has led to distrust.

— Leah Willingham, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026
From the comments My dad’s distrust of modern medicine was a prominent feature of my childhood.

— Trisha Thadani Kirsten Potter Tanya Pérez Devin Murphy, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of distrust

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Teachers, principals or other school officials are among the professionals considered by Missouri law to be mandated reporters and are required to report any reasonable suspicion of child abuse or neglect directly to state authorities.

— Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2026
Related Stories With 2,000 souls on board, the stakes are high and suspicion spreads, as the mission turned murder investigation slowly transforms into a global security crisis.

— Kevin Giraud, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026

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