indeterminate

  • (a) 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
    undetermined,
  • (a) having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex
    • an indeterminate stem
  • (s) of uncertain or ambiguous nature
    • the equivocal (or indeterminate) objects painted by surrealists
  • (s) not capable of being determined
    • the indeterminate number of plant species in the jungle
  • (s) not leading to a definite ending or result
    • an indeterminate campaign

Synonyms

undetermined

Antonyms

determinate

See also

inconclusive indeterminable undeterminable uncertain

Words of close approximity

indeterminacy
indeterminateness