indeterminate

indeterminate
I adjective ambiguous, anceps, boundless, cryptic, dubius, endless, equivocal, featureless, fluctuant, fluid, formless, hazy, ill-defined, immeasurable, in a state of uncertainty, in doubt, inarticulated, incalculable, incertus, inconclusive, indefinite, indistinct, infinite, interminable, limitless, measureless, nonspecific, not ascertained, not designated, not fixed, not fixed in extent, not made certain, not particularly designated, not precise, not settled, obscure, open, open to question, shapeless, speculative, termless, unbounded, uncertain, unclear, undecided, undefined, unfathomable, unfixed, unlimited, unmeasured, unordered, unresolved, unsettled, unspecified, vague, without bound, without end, without limit, without measure associated concepts: indeterminate damages, indeterminate penalty, indeterminate punishment, indeterminate sentence II index broad, casual, conditional, debatable, disputable, equivocal, generic, indefinite, nebulous, oblique (evasive), pending (unresolved), provisional, uncertain (ambiguous), undefinable, unspecified, vague

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indeterminate
That which is uncertain or not particularly designated.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


indeterminate
That which is uncertain or not particularly designated.

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  • indeterminate — [adj] uncertain, vague borderless, general, imprecise, inconclusive, indefinite, indistinct, inexact, undefined, undetermined, unfixed, unspecified, unstipulated; concept 535 Ant. certain, definite, determined, exact, fixed, measurable, sure …   New thesaurus

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  • indeterminate — adjective Etymology: Middle English indeterminat, from Late Latin indeterminatus, from Latin in + determinatus, past participle of determinare to determine Date: 14th century 1. a. not definitely or precisely determined or fixed ; vague b. not… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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