INDETERMINATE as ADJECTIVE

  1. Meaning
    • not leading to a definite ending or result
    Usage Example(s)
    • an indeterminate campaign
    Similar To
  2. Meaning
    • not capable of being determined
    Usage Example(s)
    • the indeterminate number of plant species in the jungle
    Similar To
  3. Meaning
    • not precisely determined or established
    • not fixed or known in advance
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • of indeterminate age
    • a zillion is a large indeterminate number
    • an indeterminate point of law
    • the influence of environment is indeterminate
    • an indeterminate future
    Antonym(s) Similar To See Also
  4. Meaning
    • having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex
    Usage Example(s)
    • an indeterminate stem
    Antonym(s) Similar To
  5. Meaning
    • of uncertain or ambiguous nature
    Usage Example(s)
    • the equivocal (or indeterminate) objects painted by surrealists
    Similar To