incertain — meaning in English
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English meaning
- equivocal adjective Open to more than one interpretation, often deliberately so, and therefore hard to pin down.
- indecisive adj Unable or unwilling to make a decision quickly.
- uncertain adj Not sure or confident about something.
- unsure adj Not certain or confident about something.
Senses
incertain is used for these senses in English:
- equivocal Having two or more equally applicable meanings; capable of double or multiple interpretation.
- equivocal Capable of being ascribed to different motives, or of signifying opposite feelings, purposes, or characters; deserving to be suspected.
- indecisive (of a contest etc.) inconclusive or uncertain
- unsure uncertain, ambivalent.
- wide open (idiomatic) Unsettled or unresolved.
equivocal — full definition
- adjective Open to more than one interpretation, often deliberately so, and therefore hard to pin down.
- adjective Of evidence or results: inconclusive, pointing in no clear direction.
indecisive — full definition
- adj Unable or unwilling to make a decision quickly.
- adj Of an event or contest, not settling anything; inconclusive.