Cause and Uncertainty

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Cause noun - Someone or something responsible for a result.

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Uncertainty and cause are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Uncertainty" instead a noun "Cause".

Nearby Words: caused, causation, causeless, causative, causal

Uncertainty noun - A feeling or attitude that one does not know the truth, truthfulness, or trustworthiness of someone or something.

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Cause and uncertainty are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cause" instead a noun "Uncertainty".

Nearby Words: uncertain, uncertainly

old	old cause	old uncertainty
physical	physical cause	physical uncertainty
common	common cause	common uncertainty
sufficient	sufficient cause	sufficient uncertainty
Other adjectives: likely, moral, less, realistic.

Fisher is despondent (as usual) that he can't identify cause of death on a body because it doesn't match up with any of the usual suspects (stabbing, slicing, blunt force, etc.), but Brennan tells him that the uncertainty itself is telling.

Source: I've Never Seen Anything Like This Before

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