"indeterminate" in the adjective sense
1. indeterminate, undetermined
not precisely determined or established not fixed or known in advance
"of indeterminate age"
"a zillion is a large indeterminate number"
"an indeterminate point of law"
"the influence of environment is indeterminate"
"an indeterminate future"
2. indeterminate
having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex
"an indeterminate stem"
3. indeterminate
of uncertain or ambiguous nature
"the equivocal (or indeterminate) objects painted by surrealists"
4. indeterminate
of a quantity) having no definite value, as an equation that cannot be solved
"0/0 is an indeterminate form"
5. indeterminate
not leading to a definite ending or result
"an indeterminate campaign"
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