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inconclusive

[in-kuhn-kloo-siv] / ˌɪn kənˈklu sɪv /


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I found the second act less rewarding, and inconclusive, as the play becomes more fantastical and stylized.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

USC coach Lincoln Riley said that he doesn’t expect Mosley to be out “extremely long term,” but that any timeline for his return was “still a little inconclusive … depending on how he responds.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

After an initial experiment with inconclusive results, he asked me, as a quantum theorist, for help in working out what to expect.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

Cue a tense wait as Norwegian referee Espen Eskas watched replay after replay, with TV pictures looking inconclusive.

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026

Of course there were scientists who thought the evidence favoring DNA was inconclusive and preferred to believe that genes were protein molecules.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson


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