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• n  being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance
  the uncertainty of the outcome
• n  the state of being unsure of something

• Shockley attributes the uncertainty to "inverted liberalism," which he says has resulted in taboos against research on genetic differences.
• However, uncertainty may not be increased if a no-comment policy is put into place prior to the rumor, is strictly followed, and is set forth as the reason for not commenting.
• When we encounter uncertainty, the first thing we do is try to beat it back.

• uncertainness
• precariousness
• doubt
• incertitude
• dubiety
• doubtfulness
• dubiousness

• certainty

News & Articles

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• Gold extends losses into 2nd day on stimulus uncertainty
  SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Gold extended losses into a second session on Friday as strong U.S. data stoked uncertainty over the outlook for the Federal Reserve's massive bond-buying stimulus. A pull back in bond purchases would hurt gold, seen as a hedge against inflation. Bullion, down 17 percent for the year, has been hit by investor outflows in gold exchange traded funds and signs of softening ...
  June 14, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
• Budget leads to uncertainty for city workers
  There's a lot of uncertainty for city workers.
  June 14, 2013 - FOX 13 Memphis
• BoE's Fisher urges end to RBS uncertainty
  By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - Britain should end the uncertainty over long-term plans for state-controlled Royal Bank of Scotland, a senior Bank of England official said on Wednesday. Paul Fisher, the BoE's markets director, said RBS's ability to attract investors and sustain lending was being hampered by a lack of clarity over when it would be returned to the private sector and whether ...
  June 12, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Jean-Claude Trichet in Reuters
  ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet said on Thursday he expects the euro area economy to grow "at a moderate and still uneven pace in an environment of high uncertainty".
• Stephen Harper in The Associated Press
  Harper said that while countries had to be careful to support near-term growth, it was also important to produce credible deficit-cutting plans "to dispel the uncertainty and financial volatility that can impair our future growth prospects."
• President Bush in Reuters
  These policies have shown themselves time and time again to be the surest path to creating jobs, increasing commerce, and fostering progress,Bush said. "And this moment of global economic uncertainty would be precisely the wrong time to...