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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNSU'RE, a. [See Sure.] Not fixed; not certain.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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, sure]

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. not sure. Derivatives: unsurely adv. unsureness n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If you are unsure of yourself, you lack confidence. He made her feel hot, and awkward, and unsure of herself... The evening show was terrible, with hesitant unsure performances from all. ? confident, sure ADJ: usu v-link ADJ, oft ADJ of n 2. If you are unsure about something, you feel uncertain about it. Fifty-two per cent were unsure about the idea... Scientists are becoming increasingly unsure of the validity of this technique. ? certain ADJ: v-link ADJ, oft ADJ about/of n

Moby Thesaurus

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