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US
/ˌəndiˈtɝmənd, ˌəndɪˈtɝmɪnd/
]
[ UK /ˌʌndɪtˈɜːmɪnd/ ]
[ UK /ˌʌndɪtˈɜːmɪnd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance
an indeterminate future
an indeterminate point of law
the influence of environment is indeterminate
a zillion is a large indeterminate number
of indeterminate age -
not yet having been ascertained or determined
of undetermined species -
not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought
our position on this bill is still undecided
an open question
our lawsuit is still undetermined
How To Use undetermined In A Sentence
- Ironically, today's scofflaw spirit, whatever its undetermined origins, is being encouraged unwittingly by government at many levels.
- In 2007, Rajaratnam suffered a "severe cryptogenic stroke," or a stroke of undetermined cause, Wise said. BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
- It is well known that such undetermined deaths of young people beg disturbing questions.
- Police blamed seven murders on gang clashes, six on domestic violence, four on robbery and two on mob vendettas, while the motives behind the other 28 were undetermined.
- In seconds, the robbers had an undetermined amount of cash and left the building through the front door.
- Thus, the choice between commodity and inconvertible paper is that between determined or undetermined exchange value of the money.
- As in physical bodies, so also in the sacramental rite we find two elements, one undetermined, which is called the matter, the other determining, called the form. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock
- There's that moment that comes in every doomed relationship when you know with stabbing certainty that it will, at some undetermined point in the future, end painfully.
- For some still undetermined reason, the numbers of voles, lemmings, and hares soar in some years and plummet in others.
- The image has the swiftness of haiku, with its undetermined but focused looking.