Vocab: ebakindel - insecure

insecure; uncertain; clumsy in movement; unsteady or shaky; something that makes you doubt (and worry); something that doesn't give a sense of certainty

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Building blocks

• eba- → a prefix meaning un-, non-, or not (indicating absence)

• -kindel → an adjective meaning certain, secure, sure, firm

So, ebakindel literally means:

not certain / not secure

How to use it:

Here is how you use the word “ebakindel” ⬇️

Examples

Pärast koondamisteadet muutus õhkkond tööl ebakindlaks

Literally: “After layoff-announcement changed atmosphere work-on uncertain-into”

Idiomatically: “After the layoff announcement, the atmosphere at work became uncertain”

Pärast - Preposition - Indeclinable: "After"
koondamisteadet - Noun - Partitive Singular: "layoff announcement"
muutus - Verb - 3rd Person Singular, Past Tense: "changed"
õhkkond - Noun - Nominative Singular: "atmosphere"
tööl - Noun - Adessive Singular: "on work"
ebakindlaks - Adjective - Translative Singular: "into uncertain"