enormous uncertainty

collocation in English

meaningsofenormousanduncertainty

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enormous
adjective
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/ɪˈnɔː.məs/us
/əˈnɔːr.məs/
extremely ...
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uncertainty
noun[C or U]
uk
/ʌnˈsɜː.tən.ti/us
/ʌnˈsɝː.tən.ti/
a situation in which something is not known, or something that is not known ...
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(Definition ofenormousanduncertaintyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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If we were to embark on privatisation now, we would createenormousuncertainty.
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This will createenormousuncertaintyin the courts.
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Apart from anything else, that could involveenormousuncertaintyfor those in the business sector.
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Does he realise that that delay has causedenormousuncertainty?
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That has createdenormousuncertaintyin the housing association movement.
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All those matters are causes not for greater certainty but forenormousuncertainty.
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That extraordinary situation has createdenormousuncertainty, both for consumers and providers.
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It will causeenormousuncertainty.
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This is an asset that must not be discarded since it is clear, as the scientists have stated, that we faceenormousuncertaintyin the shape of climate change.
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Although there is not the requisite number to trigger a ballot, the process causes schoolsenormousuncertainty, which is an intolerable burden.
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Does he agree that the franchising process is already inordinately long and createsenormousuncertaintyfor investment, passengers and staff?
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There isenormousuncertaintyand volatility in oil pricing and a consequential hesitation in going for relatively small fields.
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Local authorities are facingenormousuncertainty.
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I am sure that he agrees that the matter is causingenormousuncertaintyand has dragged on for far too long.
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First, there is the danger of theenormousuncertaintyinto which our whole law would be thrown if this were done.
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They create enormous uncertainties, so industry has called for them to be dropped altogether.
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These big new powers for which we are being asked to vote, cover a five-year spread and there are enormous uncertainties over the whole business.
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