Meaning & use
Unsureness
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The state of feeling uncertain or lacking confidence about something.
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A note of unsureness crept into her voice as she answered the interviewer's question.
His unsureness about the directions led them to take a wrong turn.
A note on using this word
Though grammatically straightforward, "unsureness" is used less often than its more common synonym "uncertainty."
Words with a similar meaning
uncertaintyhesitancy
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