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US
/ˌɪnˈdɛfənətɫi/
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[ UK /ɪndˈɛfɪnətli/ ]
[ UK /ɪndˈɛfɪnətli/ ]
ADVERB
-
to an indefinite extent; for an indefinite time
this could go on indefinitely
How To Use indefinitely In A Sentence
- But we should not expect our troops to go on doing this indefinitely.
- In order to retain flexibility the Directors propose that the 5% in five year limit should be continued indefinitely.
- This can cause the players' strategies to oscillate back and forth indefinitely.
- What if the project continues indefinitely? Principles of Corporate Finance
- They are rather fanatical about lengthening their own lives and fending off death indefinitely.
- Britain cannot continue indefinitely to spend more than she is earning without higher taxes or higher interest rates - either of which will harm our economic prospects.
- An annuity in perpetuity does not have a fixed time span but continues indefinitely and receipts can therefore only come from interest earned. Collins Dictionary of Economics
- Moreover, if he concentrated on his breathing, and the parole board soon ruled in his favor, he might go on witnessing sunrises indefinitely, despite the aging that worked in him now like naphthous bees in a leathery hive. La insistencia de Jürgen Fauth
- With a tie in the Senate, filibusters can go on indefinitely, and the vice president will become the swing vote on key bills.
- ‘Any extension should also have a finite timeframe so that such extensions cannot be exploited indefinitely,’ he cautioned.