Adjective

(en adjective)

Not certain; unsure.

*(John Tillotson) (1630-1694)

*:Man, without the protection of a superior Being,is uncertain of everything that he hopes for.

Not known for certain; questionable.

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Not yet determined; undecided.

Variable and subject to change.

Fitful or unsteady.

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*:Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.

Unpredictable or capricious.

*Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)

*:O woman! in our hours of ease, / Uncertain , coy, and hard to please!

Adjective

(en adjective)

Characterized by speculation; based on guessing or unfounded opinions.

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*:"Don't dare laugh at us!" smiled his sister. "I wish we were back in Tenth Street. But so many children cameand the Tenth Street house wasn't half big enough; and a dreadful speculative builder built this house and persuaded Austin to buy it. Oh, dear, and here we are among the rich and great; and the steel kings and copper kings and oil kings and their heirs and dauphins. Do you like the house?"

*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=June 4, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC

, title= England 2-2 Switzerland , passage=Tranquillo Barnetta was the grateful beneficiary of uncertain England defending and poor goalkeeping from Joe Hart as he twice saw speculative free-kicks end in the back of the net in the first half.}}