indeterminate
adjective
not determinate; not precisely fixed in extent; indefinite; uncertain.
indeterminately
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a word derived from
indeterminate.
Example Sentences
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Ambiguous by nature, photographs flutter indeterminately until pinned down with a caption.
From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2020
Perhaps it’s the way Nicolas Pépé retreats indeterminately towards the touchline, killing the momentum stone dead.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 29, 2019
And the jewelry — cuff bracelets in gold and black, spike necklaces in faux horn — are bold and indeterminately tribal.
From Washington Post ● May 26, 2017
Those who commit crimes behind bars are kept in the units for up to five years, while gang members are kept there indeterminately, she said.
From Reuters ● Jul. 10, 2013
And so the plurality of persons in God requires that we should use the word trinity; because what is indeterminately signified by plurality, is signified by trinity in a determinate manner.
From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Thomas Aquinas
