indefinitely
Britishadverb
Explanation
Use the adverb indefinitely to describe something that happens for an unlimited amount of time or to an unlimited extent. Kittens could bat around a ball of string indefinitely. When your cousin postpones her wedding indefinitely after her fiancé’s “business trip” to Las Vegas, you probably want to hold off on buying a gift. They may work things out, but sometimes people intend indefinitely to be synonymous with forever. Like, “We can’t keep fighting over that weekend I spent in Las Vegas indefinitely…”
Vocabulary lists containing indefinitely
Holes
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Example Sentences
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"However, managing a critical piece of infrastructure presents immense structural, environmental, and financial challenges that cannot be indefinitely sustained by a private entity alone."
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
And some businesses near the scene remained indefinitely closed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
The chain, in a statement on Thursday, said that it would indefinitely remove “potentially impacted lettuce from a supplier in select states.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
The chain is indefinitely removing the supplier’s ingredient from its supply chain nationwide and will replace it within 24 hours in select states, the company said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
It might have lasted indefinitely except for the fact that Ella Kaye came on board one night in Boston and a week later Dan Cody inhospitably died.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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