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unsupplied |
unsupportable |
unsupported |
unsupportive |
unsuppressed |
unsure
| unsured
| unsurety
| unsurmountable
| unsurpassable
| unsurpassed
unsure
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective unsure has 2 senses
- unsure(a = adj.all) diffident, shy, timid - lacking self-confidence; "stood in the doorway diffident and abashed"; "problems that call for bold not timid responses"; "a very unsure young man"
- unsure(a = adj.all) incertain, uncertain - 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" Antonym: sure
THESAURUS
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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