unsure
unsure adjective: uncertain, ambivalent.
Adjective
unsure (comparative unsurer, superlative unsurest)
- uncertain, ambivalent.
- I'm still unsure whether to attend the wedding.
- unstable or precarious
- unsure footing
unsure meaning in Marathi and Malayalam
unsure in Marathi
- खात्री नसलेली
unsure in Malayalam
- unassertive, unconfident, insecure
- ഉറപ്പില്ലാത്ത, ആത്മവിശ്വാസമില്ലാത്ത, സ്വന്തംകഴിവിൽ വിശ്വാസമില്ലാത്ത, നിശ്ചയദാർഢ്യമില്ലാത്ത, ദൃഢവിശ്വാസമില്ലാത്ത, അരക്ഷിതത്വബോധമുള്ള
- irresolute, undecided, dithering
- തീർച്ചയില്ലാത്ത, തീരുമാനിക്കാത്ത, നിശ്ചയിക്കാത്ത, സംശയിക്കുന്ന, സന്ദിഗ്ദ്ധാവസ്ഥയിലായ, രണ്ടുമനസ്സായ
- doubtful, dubious, sceptical
- നിശ്ചയമില്ലാത്ത, സംശയമുള്ള, സന്ദേഹമുള്ള, ശങ്കയുള്ള, ഉറപ്പില്ലാത്ത, കലില
- undecided, not fixed, uncertain
- തീരുമാനിക്കാത്ത, നിശ്ചയിക്കാത്ത, ഉറപ്പിച്ചിട്ടില്ലാത്ത, അനിശ്ചിതമായ
Examples of unsure in a sentence
- Whether we'll be on time I'm unsure.
- He gave a tentative answer, unsure of the final outcome.
- The claimant believed his First Amendment rights had been violated, but the judge was unsure of whether it was a First Amendment issue.
Synonyms of unsure
Forms of unsure
| comparative | unsurer |
|---|---|
| superlative | unsurest |
Origin of unsure
From Middle English unsure, equivalent to un- + sure. Piecewise doublet of insecure and unsecure.
Words formed from unsure
Words that rhyme with unsure
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- muir
- obscure
- amour
- assure
- boor
- immure
- impure
- lure
- recure
- immature
- inure
- manure
- moor
- cour
- Darfur
- demure
- du jour
- fure
- insecure
- liqueur
- mure
- reassure
- roture
- Ruhr
- adure
- allure
- bonheur du jour
- bonjour
- brochure
- bure
- chaussure
- combure
- couture
- de jour
- dhuhr
- dure
- guipure
- Kapur
- L'Anse Amour
- Namur
- parkour
- parure
- plat du jour
- poseur
- purpure
- smoor
- soup du jour
- spoor
Questions about unsure
- What does unsure mean?
- Unsure means uncertain, ambivalent.
- What is unsure in Marathi?
- Unsure in Marathi is खात्री नसलेली. See Unsure meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is unsure?
- Unsure is an adjective.
Words near unsure in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: unsure (page history and authors); unsure (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unsure (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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