indefinite
adjective
not definite; without fixed or specified limit; unlimited.
indefiniteness
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a word derived from
indefinite.
Example Sentences
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This is exactly the kind of indefiniteness which New York courts do not allow to form the terms of a binding contract.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2021
One irony is that notwithstanding his reputation, Mr. Cruz tends to nurture a careful strategic indefiniteness about his positions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2016
Were Alice’s ideas to make it over that first hurdle, they would still be subject to challenges for obviousness, lack of novelty or indefiniteness.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2014
Those who watched it careen over Times Square, veering in the wind, agreed that indefiniteness had characterized the flight.
From Time Magazine Archive
Here, of course, arises a difficulty in finding examples which shall be at once simple and conclusive, for in almost all natural phenomena there is a certain indefiniteness which obscures the simple process.
From Scientific Culture, and Other Essays Second Edition; with Additions by Josiah Parsons Cooke
