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UK
/ɪnkənklˈuːsɪv/
]
[ US /ˌɪnkənˈkɫusɪv/ ]
[ US /ˌɪnkənˈkɫusɪv/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
not conclusive; not putting an end to doubt or question
an inconclusive reply
inconclusive evidence
the inconclusive committee vote
How To Use inconclusive In A Sentence
- The country has been in a state of anarchy since the inconclusive election.
- Its inconclusiveness demonstrated its futility.
- So the evidence here is inconclusive. Times, Sunday Times
- Plus, a fair bit of the scientific research is inconclusive. The Sun
- Such preoccupations rarely seem to have troubled the solitary beings who inhabit the clamorous pages of her witty, erudite and anecdotal - if inconclusive - study.
- So far, investors have remained largely untroubled by the lack of government since inconclusive elections in December that led to six months of political deadlock. Times, Sunday Times
- an inconclusive reply
- The first HSE investigation into the site, in 2001, produced inconclusive results.
- The evidence against the two men was inconclusive.
- The inconclusive finding was perhaps fitting for a man whose dealings in life were always opaque. Times, Sunday Times
