uncertain

• But baseball is sometimes most uncertain, which is one reason why the game is so popular in America. —  Rival Pitchers of Oakdale
• It must still, however, be quite uncertain which is the secondary sense The root of the word, as Grimm justly remarks, is very obscure; and yet it seems to me that he himself has indirectly pointed it out Goth. —  Notes and Queries, Number 27, May 4, 1850
• The chico or "jigger" of the West Indies and the Spanish Main is the most obvious example Old Aunt Harriet--last name uncertain, since she had borne those of her master, her mother, her putative father, and half a dozen husbands in succession, no one of which seemed to take undisputed precedence--related some very remarkable experiences. —  The Conjure Woman
• Ammunition--uncertain, but limited. —  Dragon's blood
• I did not say that you were in what we technically call danger Am I then likely to be a /long/-lived man The doctor coughed--"That is uncertain, my dear young friend," said he, after a pause Be plain with me. —  Ernest Maltravers — Volume 06

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