Concept cluster: Positive qualities > Uncertainty or ambiguity
adj
(obsolete) ambiguous; doubtful
n
(idiomatic) A mystery; something unpredictable.
n
Something that is currently unknown.
v
Is forbidden to; is not permitted to.
v
Be forbidden or not permitted to
adj
Known but not specifically named; indeterminate; indefinite; one or some; sometimes used independently as a noun, and meaning certain persons; see also "one".
adj
Open to debate; not fully proved or confirmed.
adj
disputed, under discussion, not settled.
n
Something that must not be done (usually in the phrase dos and don'ts).
n
Something one is uncertain about.
adj
Unclear or unreliable.
adj
Uncertain, as an indication or sign.
adj
Obsolete form of extant. [Still in existence; not having disappeared.]
adj
Not likely; difficult to believe.
n
Something desired that cannot be had.
v
Absolutely not; I forbid it or it is impossible.
n
A response by a US government agency (etc) that it can "neither confirm nor deny" the existence of (secret) information which has been asked for.
n
(idiomatic) A topic that is not clearly one thing or the other, that is open to interpretation.
adj
(medicine, often euphemistic) When the practitioner formulating the opinion does not have enough information to know, or to foretell, what the outcome may be.
n
Conflicting reports from two or more parties on an issue, prototypically involving a situation between a man and a woman with no other witnesses.
adj
Not plausible; unlikely; dubious.
adj
Having no reservations or doubts; unquestioning or unconditional; usually said of faith or trust.
adj
Not likely to be true.
adj
Of a woman: without being known; in an assumed character, or under an assumed title; in disguise.
adj
(law) Not legally permitted to make a will, as by reason of being under the age of majority or mentally incompetent.
adj
(nonstandard, proscribed, sometimes humorous) Irrespective, regardless.
n
Unspecified thing(s).
n
An uncertainty of known magnitude, consequence, structure, and probability characteristics; something that we know that we don't know.
n
(in bibliographies) indicates that a document has no place of publication shown on the document and that none has been inferred from other evidence
n
Alternative form of no prize for guessing [(idiomatic) Used to form expressions emphasizing the unsurprising nature of what follows]
n
(Latin phrase) See the Latin section for definitions.
adj
(archaic, slang) Absent; missing.
n
Something that is uncertain.
adv
unreliably
v
To be less than completely certain; to lack support.
v
To be unclear about what one is doing; to be bewildered.
adv
Alternative spelling of noughtwithstanding
adj
Unknown or uncertain; unclear.
adj
Being an unknown person with the specified name; see also "a certain".
adj
Not settled, uncertain, of uncertain outcome; debatable, questionable, open to doubt.
adj
Asking no questions; unquestioning.
adj
Alternative form of Schrödinger's [(humorous) Indicates something or someone whose current state is unknown, mixed or depends on some future action.]
adj
(humorous) Indicates something or someone whose current state is unknown, mixed or depends on some future action.
n
A proposal that does not solve any problem or provide any value; or one that is intended to fill a need which does not really exist.
n
An object whose nature is yet to be defined.
n
Another unspecified item, perhaps not yet known or decided upon.
n
Something unspecified or indeterminate, or whose name is forgotten or immaterial.
n
Unspecified or unknown (unlocated) place or location.
adj
Uncertain; subject to future change.
adj
Implausible or improbable.
adj
Not known for certain; questionable.
adj
Not having a clear idea; uncertain.
adv
In an uncontestable way.
n
A voter etc. who has not yet come to a decision.
adj
Not dubious.
adj
Not forbidden; permitted.
v
(rare) To exclude.
n
(idiomatic) A person or thing whose nature or value is a mystery.
n
An uncertainty of unknown magnitude, consequence, structure, and probability characteristics, possibly with completely unsuspected existence; something that we don't know that we don't know.
adj
Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected.
adj
Not permitted; forbidden.
adj
unquestioning
adj
(Scotland, obsolete) Unquestioned.
adj
uncertain
adv
In an unsure manner.
adv
Not surprisingly, as could be expected.
adj
(by extension) Of or pertaining to any situation in which there is an extended period of uncertainty.

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