uncertainnessn.
/ʌnˈsəːt(ᵻ)nnəs/, U.S. /ˌənˈsərtn̩(n)əs/ rare.
= uncertainty n.
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the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun]
yea-and-nayc1384
vacillationc1400
titteringa1413
stackeringc1440
wondingc1440
fluctuationc1450
waver1519
mammering1532
uncertainty1548
wavering1548
to and fro1553
suspense1560
staggering1565
suspension1568
mammery1578
demur1581
branle1591
dilly-dally1592
hesitance1601
irresolution1601
uncertainness1601
undecision1611
waveringness1614
hesitancy1617
unsettledness1619
hesitation1622
unresolvednessa1626
doubleness of minda1628
wavinga1628
swagging1636
poise1637
mambling1640
stickagea1647
vacillancy1668
whifflinga1677
hovering1679
unresolve1679
irresoluteness1686
shilly-shally1755
indecisiona1763
undecisiveness1779
indecisiveness1793
oscillation1798
flexility1815
shilly-shallying1842
swaying1850
Hamletism1852
teeter1855
havering1866
off and on1875
dilly-dallying1879
double-mindedness1881
hesitatingness1890
dither1958
1601 W. Cornwallis Ess. II. xxx. sig. R4v All which..carry man from his destinated mediocritie, & so leaues him to the pleasure of irresolution & vncertainenesse.
1677 G. Miege New Dict. French & Eng. ii. sig. Ggg4/2 Uncertainness what to do.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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