adjective
- Not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance.
- usage: "of indeterminate age"; "a zillion is a large indeterminate number"; "an indeterminate point of law"; "the influence of environment is indeterminate"; "an indeterminate future"
- synonyms: undetermined
- Having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex.
- usage: "an indeterminate stem"
- Of uncertain or ambiguous nature.
- usage: "the equivocal (or indeterminate) objects painted by surrealists"
- Not capable of being determined.
- usage: "the indeterminate number of plant species in the jungle"
- Not leading to a definite ending or result.
- usage: "an indeterminate campaign"
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