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Uncertainty

nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026

The difficulty of predicting an outcome due to limited knowledge of all components

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Senses

Systems and software engineering —Vocabulary

Result of not having accurate or sufficient knowledge of a situation; state, even partial, of deficiency of information related to understanding or knowledge of an event, its consequence, or likelihood

Wordset Dictionary

the state of being unsure of something

Wordset Dictionary

being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance

Classifications

Entity Type

Metric0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
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Sensitivity

90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class

95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants

synonym
doubtdoubtfulnessdubietydubiousnessincertitudeuncertainness
plural
Uncertainties
possessive
Uncertainty's
pluralpossessive
Uncertainties'