uncertainty

1. Being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance (synset 104764142)
   "the uncertainty of the outcome"; "the precariousness of his income"
   is a type of: quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
   subtypes:

   • doubt, doubtfulness, dubiousness, question - uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something
   • indefiniteness, indefinity, indeterminacy, indeterminateness, indetermination - the quality of being vague and poorly defined
   • unpredictability - lacking predictability
   • improbability, improbableness - the quality of being improbable
   • fortuitousness - the quality of happening accidentally and by lucky chance
   • speculativeness - the quality of being a conclusion or opinion based on supposition and conjecture rather than on fact or investigation
   same as: precariousness, uncertainness
2. The state of being unsure of something (synset 105706212)
   is a type of: cognitive state, state of mind - the state of a person's cognitive processes
   subtypes:

   • arriere pensee, mental reservation, reservation - an unstated doubt that prevents you from accepting something wholeheartedly
   • distrust, misgiving, mistrust, suspicion - doubt about someone's honesty
   • disbelief, incredulity, mental rejection, skepticism - doubt about the truth of something
   • indecision, indecisiveness, irresolution - doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action
   • peradventure - doubt or uncertainty as to whether something is the case
   • suspense - an uncertain cognitive state
   same as: doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, incertitude

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