Definitions
of indeterminate
1. [adj] - of uncertain or ambiguous nature 2. [adj] - (botany) having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex 3. [adj] - not precisely determined or established 4. [adj] - not capable of being determined 5. [adj] - not leading to a definite ending or result 6. [adj] - not clearly understood or expressed
Quotes
- Example use of the word indeterminate1. an indeterminate turn of phrase 2. an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit-Anatole Broyard 3. their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear- P.A.Sorokin 4. vague...forms of speech...have so long passed for mysteries of science- John Locke 5. an indeterminate campaign 6. an indeterminate number of plant species in the jungle 7. not fixed or known in advance 8. of indeterminate age 9. a zillion is a large indeterminate number 10. an indeterminate point of law 11. the influence of environment is indeterminate 12. an indeterminate future 13. an indeterminate stem 14. the equivocal (or indeterminate) objects painted by surrealists
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