as in doubt
a feeling or attitude that one does not know the truth, truthfulness, or trustworthiness of someone or something
a growing incertitude about the honesty of the housekeeper they had just hired
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Recent Examples of incertitude
And yet the actor spent much of a recent conversation candidly admitting to ambivalence and incertitude.
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New York Times, 27 May 2021
In an offseason of inactivity and incertitude, Bloom’s marquee move will be hiring a new manager.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Jan. 2020
But underneath the skepticism, something else nagged at me: the sense that my incertitude was a metastasis of our jittery, gaslit world, where baseline reality is increasingly in dispute.
—New York Times, 27 Aug. 2019
The difficulty for me in pinning the city down geographically is reflected in a broader ideological incertitude; a current questioning of the state’s identity and place.
—Marley Marius, Vogue, 23 Nov. 2018
Like him, these TPS recipients will now how to live in incertitude.
—Fabienne Josaphat, Teen Vogue, 11 Dec. 2017
New York Times, 27 May 2021
In an offseason of inactivity and incertitude, Bloom’s marquee move will be hiring a new manager.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Jan. 2020
But underneath the skepticism, something else nagged at me: the sense that my incertitude was a metastasis of our jittery, gaslit world, where baseline reality is increasingly in dispute.
—New York Times, 27 Aug. 2019
The difficulty for me in pinning the city down geographically is reflected in a broader ideological incertitude; a current questioning of the state’s identity and place.
—Marley Marius, Vogue, 23 Nov. 2018
Like him, these TPS recipients will now how to live in incertitude.
—Fabienne Josaphat, Teen Vogue, 11 Dec. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incertitude
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The path forward was cast into doubt by Trump's statement, with speculation growing that Johnson would scrap the original version of the bill and bring up a narrower funding extension that includes disaster relief.Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2024
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But fellow scientists quickly raised doubts about the study's size, scientific flaws and ethics.Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
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More:How Syria rebels' stars aligned for Assad's ouster Following in the footsteps of his father Assad's rise to power in June 2000 prompted skepticism and outright derision.Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
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Blake’s research also found that Black and Latino faculty reported facing significant scrutiny and skepticism while being considered for partner-hire roles.Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2024
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This suspicion can lead to widespread distrust in leadership and a decline in team cohesion.Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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Park, the impeached justice minister, has faced suspicions raised by the opposition that he was involved in the planning and execution of Yoon’s martial law decree.Hyung-Jin Kim and Kim Tong-Hyung, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
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This difference, which cannot easily be explained by random errors or uncertainties, is the Hubble tension.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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So could uncertainty regarding the future of Lebanon and Syria.Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Incertitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incertitude. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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