Undefined
[ʌndɪ'faɪnd] or [,ʌndɪ'faɪnd]
Definition
(adj.) not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished; 'an undefined term'; 'undefined authority'; 'some undefined sense of excitement'; 'vague feelings of sadness'; 'a vague uneasiness' .
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Unbounded, limitless, boundless.[2]. Indistinct, indeterminate, indefinite.
Typist: Randall
Definition
adj. not defined or explained precisely: indefinite.—v.i. Undefine′ to make indefinite.—adj. Undefī′nable not capable of being defined.
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Examples
- Her soul was new, undefined and glimmering with the unseen. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I could not have said what I was afraid of, for my fear was altogether undefined and vague, but there was great fear upon me. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- They stand largely unnoticed, and very much undefined--poor ghosts of the truth among the gibbets. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Through all these rapid visions, there ran an undefined, uneasy consciousness of pain, which wearied and tormented him incessantly. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I had an undefined impression that it might have been better if we had had some other inmate, but I could hardly have explained why even to myself. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- In England and America voting has become the symbol of an aspiration as yet half-conscious and undefined. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The offer relieved him from considerable embarrassment, for his previous notions of loading a pistol were rather vague and undefined. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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