condition of uncertainty

collocation in English

meaningsofconditionanduncertainty

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condition
noun
uk
/kənˈdɪʃ.ən/
us
/kənˈdɪʃ.ən/
the particular state that something or someone ...
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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 ofconditionanduncertaintyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Rules must account for each and everyconditionofuncertainty.
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He admits that aconditionofuncertaintyis bad for business.
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That means that this whole matter of food subsidies is now in aconditionofuncertainty.
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But those forces are necessary so long as thisconditionofuncertaintyand menace continues.
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Thisconditionofuncertaintyis obviously very bad for good agriculture.
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The industry itself has lived in aconditionofuncertaintyfor many years.
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We cannot go on in thisconditionofuncertainty.
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Abandoning legislation of this character, and leaving those who administer the law in a conditionofuncertainty, is about the very worst trait you can have.
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But during that whole period of fourteen days, or what ever it is, everybody remains in aconditionofuncertainty.
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No country in the world makes its people and its business live in such a continuousconditionofuncertaintyas we do.
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But clearly, in aconditionofuncertaintyas regards future petrol supplies, it would be a mistake, a blunder, if we dispensed with petrol rationing.
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Contracts of such length are inevitably designed under conditions of uncertainty.
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Clinicians make judgments under conditions of uncertainty (5;13).
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It outlines how individuals ought to act under conditions of uncertainty.
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We are often faced with conditions of uncertainty.
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The situation is very different under conditions of uncertainty.
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We often adopt assumptions when we act under conditions of uncertainty.
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We know a considerable amount about making policy under conditions of uncertainty, even under conditions of scientific uncertainty.
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Psychologists now commonly use probabilistic calculations as a standard against which to assess the ability of subjects to make accurate judgments under conditions of uncertainty.
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