Meaning

7 senses
  1. Not accurately determined or determinable.

    unbestimmt

  2. Imprecise or vague.

  3. Not definitively or precisely determined, because of the presence of infinity or zero symbols used in any of several improper combinations.

  4. With no genetically defined end, and thus theoretically limitless.

  5. Not topped with some form of terminal bud.

  6. Intersex.

  7. Designed to allow the incorporation of future changes whose nature is not yet known.

More definitions
  • not leading to a definite ending or result
  • (of a quantity) having no definite value, as an equation that cannot be solved
  • not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance
  • having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex

Examples

5 sentences
  1. L'Hôpital's rule uses derivatives to help evaluate limits involving indeterminate forms.

    Правило Лопіталя використовує похідні для розрахунку границь, що містять невизначенності. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR

  2. Their child is of indeterminate sex.

    ruИх дитя неопределённого пола. — naXa

    deIhr Kind ist von unbestimmtem Geschlecht. — Fingerhut

  3. The results of the study are indeterminate.

    deDie Ergebnisse der Studie sind unbestimmt. — BraveSentry

  4. But the determination of the vocabulary leaves few grammatical questions wholly indeterminate.

  5. A crowd of people of indeterminate size was protesting in the streets.

Translations

4 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
not accurately determined:

Forms

more indeterminate, most indeterminate

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance:undetermined

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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