"unsure" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-unsure.wav [UK] Forms: unsurer [comparative], unsurest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ) Etymology: un- + sure Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|sure}} un- + sure Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} unsure (comparative unsurer, superlative unsurest)
  1. uncertain Translations (uncertain): неуве́рен (neuvéren) (Bulgarian), несигурен (nesiguren) (Bulgarian), 不確定 (Chinese Mandarin), 不确定 (bù quèdìng) (Chinese Mandarin), epävarma (Finnish), incertain (French), unsicher (German), bizonytalan (Hungarian), incerto [masculine] (Italian), incertus (Latin), matawaenga (Maori), maunawenawe (Maori), hokirua (Maori), pōhauhau (Maori), неуве́ренный (neuvérennyj) (Russian), osäker (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-unsure-en-adj-lmQrNqg8 Disambiguation of 'uncertain': 98 2
  2. unstable or precarious Translations (unstable or precarious): несигурен (nesiguren) (Bulgarian), опасен (opasen) (Bulgarian), epävarma (Finnish), bizonytalan (Hungarian), oförsiktig (Swedish), osäker (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-unsure-en-adj-TfX04xvB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 43 57 Disambiguation of 'unstable or precarious': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: agnostic (english: unsure of facts, having no decided opinion on a matter)

Inflected forms

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