unsure
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
unsure
adj 1: lacking self-confidence; "stood in the doorway diffident
and abashed"; "problems that call for bold not timid
responses"; "a very unsure young man" [syn: {diffident},
{shy}, {timid}, {unsure}] [ant: {confident}]
2: lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance;
"uncertain of his convictions"; "unsure of himself and his
future"; "moving with uncertain (or unsure) steps"; "an
uncertain smile"; "touched the ornaments with uncertain
fingers" [syn: {uncertain}, {unsure}, {incertain}] [ant:
{certain(p)}, {sure}]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
122 Moby Thesaurus words for "unsure":
agnostic, ambiguous, awkward, blankminded, borderline, callow,
capricious, chancy, changeable, dangerous, desultory, dicey,
dickey, doubtful, doubting, dubious, dumb, empty, empty-headed,
equivocal, erratic, fickle, fluctuant, fly-by-night, gauche, green,
groping, hazardous, hesitant, hesitating, ignorant, inane,
incalculable, indecisive, indemonstrable, inexperienced, infirm,
innocent, insecure, insubstantial, irresolute, irresponsible,
know-nothing, naive, nescient, open, perilous, polysemous,
precarious, problematic, provisional, questionable, raw, risky,
rocky, rootless, shaky, shifting, shifty, simple, skeptical,
slippery, strange to, suspicious, temporary, tentative, ticklish,
tottery, touch-and-go, treacherous, trustless, unaccountable,
unacquainted, unapprized, unassured, uncertain, unclear,
uncomprehending, unconfident, unconfirmable, unconversant,
unconvinced, undecided, undependable, undivinable, unenlightened,
unfaithworthy, unfamiliar, unforeseeable, unhealthy, unilluminated,
uninformed, uninitiated, unintelligent, unknowing, unpersuaded,
unposted, unpredictable, unprovable, unreliable, unripe, unsafe,
unselfassured, unselfconfident, unselfreliant, unsolid, unsound,
unstable, unsteadfast, unsteady, unsubstantial, untrustworthy,
untrusty, unverifiable, unversed, vacillating, vacuous, variable,
wavering, weak, whimsical, wobbly
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