Unsure of which suitor she wanted to marry, the princess vacillated, saying now one, now the other.
Source: tatoeba (1941)
Unsure
Synonyms for "unsure" (146 found)
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Translations
21 translations across 11 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- несигурен adj (uncertain)
- несигурен adj (unstable or precarious)
- неуве́рен adj (uncertain)
- опасен adj (unstable or precarious)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 不確定 /不确定 adj (uncertain)
Finnish
2 entries- epävarma adj (uncertain)
- epävarma adj (unstable or precarious)
French
1 entries- incertain adj (uncertain)
German
1 entries- unsicher adj (uncertain)
Hungarian
2 entries- bizonytalan adj (uncertain)
- bizonytalan adj (unstable or precarious)
Italian
1 entries- incerto adj (uncertain)
Latin
1 entries- incertus adj (uncertain)
Māori
4 entries- hokirua adj (uncertain)
- matawaenga adj (uncertain)
- maunawenawe adj (uncertain)
- pōhauhau adj (uncertain)
Russian
1 entries- неуве́ренный adj (uncertain)
Swedish
3 entries- oförsiktig adj (unstable or precarious)
- osäker adj (uncertain)
- osäker adj (unstable or precarious)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
He was unsure what he would be, and whether.
Source: tatoeba (430668)
I'm pretty confident that she understood the problem, but I'm unsure whether she can solve it.
Source: tatoeba (1055054)
He was unsure how he would get there, and when.
Source: tatoeba (1070351)
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