what does indeterminate mean?
INDETERMINATE as ADJECTIVE
- Meaning
- not leading to a definite ending or result
Usage Example(s)
- an indeterminate campaign
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- Meaning
- not capable of being determined
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- the indeterminate number of plant species in the jungle
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- Meaning
- not precisely determined or established
- not fixed or known in advance
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- of indeterminate age
- a zillion is a large indeterminate number
- an indeterminate point of law
- the influence of environment is indeterminate
- an indeterminate future
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- Meaning
- having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex
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- Meaning
- of uncertain or ambiguous nature
Usage Example(s)
- the equivocal (or indeterminate) objects painted by surrealists
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