Indeterminate

[,ɪndɪ'tɜːmɪnət] or ['ɪndɪ'tɝmənət]

Definition

(adj.) not leading to a definite ending or result; 'an indeterminate campaign' .

(adj.) not capable of being determined; 'the indeterminate number of plant species in the jungle' .

(adj.) not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance; 'of indeterminate age'; 'a zillion is a large indeterminate number'; 'an indeterminate point of law'; 'the influence of environment is indeterminate'; 'an indeterminate future' .

(adj.) having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex; 'an indeterminate stem' .

(adj.) of uncertain or ambiguous nature; 'the equivocal (or indeterminate) objects painted by surrealists' .

Typist: Stanley--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Not determinate; not certain or fixed; indefinite; not precise; as, an indeterminate number of years.

Inputed by George

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. Indefinite, unfixed, uncertain, not settled, not precise.

Edited by Clifford

Synonyms and Antonyms

[See DETERMINATE]

Editor: Tamara

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