uncertain situation

collocation in English

meaningsofuncertainandsituation

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uncertain
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈsɜː.tən/us
/ʌnˈsɝː.tən/
not knowing what to do or believe, or not able to decide ...
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situation
noun[C]
uk
/ˌsɪtʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌsɪtʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/
the set of things that are happening and the conditions that exist at a particular time ...
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(Definition ofuncertainandsituationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is therefore possible that participants in these experiments sometimes adopted a ' 'language neutral' ' processing mode simply because they were in anuncertainsituation.
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The growth of the sector's aggregate portfolio during this period has only been due to the profitability of their assets - indicating anuncertainsituationin the future.
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Also, the exclusion from the sample of asylum-seekers not yet granted residency permission eliminated a group who might especially seek psychiatric treatment due to theiruncertainsituation.
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We are well aware that we are, today, in anuncertainsituationas to what budget will be available next year.
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What is happening to help aircraft companies in thisuncertainsituation, particularly with respect to performance guarantees on future contracts?
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However, we recognise that there is an extremelyuncertainsituationon the ground.
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He has made clear that we are at present in a veryuncertainsituation.
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In a fairlyuncertainsituation, one thing is certain.
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No sensible negotiators will want to live in such anuncertainsituation.
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The parishioners in that area have, therefore, been in anuncertainsituationfrom that day to this.
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That would go a long way to restore confidence in anuncertainsituation.
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The operation will have to be of sufficient size to meet an extremelyuncertainsituation.
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I very much welcome the amendment, because it clarifies a previouslyuncertainsituation.
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We feel that the proposals add further unnecessary uncertainty to a farming industry which is already in a desperatelyuncertainsituation.
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There is anuncertainsituationaround the world.
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But in the long run the speculators can speculate only about anuncertainsituation.
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We were faced with a situation in which it was import ant to make these regulations quickly because of the highlyuncertainsituation.
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I can visualise a commanding officer wondering whether to commit his expensive aircraft into anuncertainsituation.
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Theuncertainsituationin supply should not be lightly disregarded.
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People have been left in anuncertainsituation, particularly in areas where it is most likely that unitary authorities will be introduced.
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