Thesaurus / indeterminate
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
I had wondered at that indeterminate quotient in my sums, where the same figure came, always the same, running on and on.
THE WAY OF A MANEMERSON HOUGH
Full of whims and fancies, unstable, indeterminate, he was swayed by every passing emotion and influence.
MARK TWAIN, A BIOGRAPHY, 1835-1910, COMPLETEALBERT BIGELOW PAINE
Like the Board of Guardians, it is a most useful body; but its influence upon village life is indirect and indeterminate.
THE HILLS AND THE VALERICHARD JEFFERIES
She found the word indicating to whom degrees should be granted indeterminate, with no character of sex attached to it.
THE COLLEGE, THE MARKET, AND THE COURTCAROLINE H. DALL
Matter in a more general sense is the indeterminate, the indefinite and the potential.
A HISTORY OF MEDIAEVAL JEWISH PHILOSOPHYISAAC HUSIK
The hard-wood floor was covered by a velvet rug in three shades of blue, and the couch covers were also in indeterminate blues.
MARJORIE DEAN COLLEGE FRESHMANPAULINE LESTER
Her burrows are usually lined with Phynotomi and Sitones both an indeterminate grey, and Otiorhynchi, black or tan-coloured.
MORE HUNTING WASPSJ. HENRI FABRE
Nevertheless, they both breathed more freely when they saw him again, an indeterminate shape against the luminous gloom.
THE PILLAR OF LIGHTLOUIS TRACY
At the summit was another monster with the body of an indeterminate beast, wings on shoulders and a crown on head.
THE ILLUSTRATED KEY TO THE TAROTL. W. DE LAURENCE
Intelligence is the regulating principle — Pleasure is the Indeterminate, requiring to be regulated.
WORDS RELATED TO INDETERMINATE
- abnormal
- amorphic
- amorphous
- anomalous
- assymetrical
- baggy
- buxom
- curvaceous
- curvy
- deformed
- disfigured
- embryonic
- ill-formed
- inchoate
- indefinite
- indeterminate
- indistinct
- invisible
- irregular
- malformed
- misshapen
- mutilated
- nebulous
- undeveloped
- unformed
- ungraceful
- unmade
- unshapely
- unstructured
- unsymmetrical
- vague
- well-developed
- without character
- without form
- ambiguous
- borderline
- chancy
- clouded
- contingent
- debatable
- dicey
- disreputable
- doubtable
- dubious
- dubitable
- equivocal
- far-fetched
- fat chance
- fishy
- hazardous
- hazy
- iffy
- improbable
- impugnable
- inconclusive
- indecisive
- indefinite
- indeterminate
- indistinct
- insecure
- long shot
- obscure
- on thin ice
- open
- pending
- precarious
- problematic
- questionable
- shady
- sneaky
- speculative
- suspect
- suspicious
- touch-and-go
- touchy
- uncertain
- unconfirmed
- undecided
- uneasy
- unlikely
- unsettled
- unstable
- unsure
- up for grabs
- amaranthine
- boundless
- ceaseless
- constant
- continual
- continuous
- countless
- deathless
- enduring
- eternal
- everlasting
- illimitable
- immeasurable
- immortal
- incalculable
- incessant
- indeterminate
- infinite
- interminable
- limitless
- measureless
- monotonous
- multitudinous
- never-ending
- no end of
- no end to
- numberless
- overlong
- perpetual
- self-perpetuating
- unbroken
- undivided
- undying
- unending
- unfathomable
- uninterrupted
- unlimited
- unsurpassable
- untold
- without end
- ambiguous
- ambivalent
- chancy
- conjectural
- dubious
- erratic
- fitful
- hanging by a thread
- hazy
- hesitant
- iffy
- incalculable
- inconstant
- indefinite
- indeterminate
- indistinct
- insecure
- irregular
- irresolute
- on thin ice
- precarious
- questionable
- risky
- speculative
- touch and go
- unclear
- unconfirmed
- undecided
- undetermined
- unfixed
- unforeseeable
- unpredictable
- unreliable
- unresolved
- unsettled
- unsure
- up for grabs
- up in the air
- vacillating
- vague
- variable
- wavering
- abnormal
- amorphic
- amorphous
- anomalous
- assymetrical
- baggy
- deformed
- disfigured
- embryonic
- formless
- ill-formed
- inchoate
- indefinite
- indeterminate
- indistinct
- invisible
- irregular
- malformed
- misshapen
- mutilated
- nebulous
- undeveloped
- unformed
- ungraceful
- unmade
- unshapely
- unstructured
- unsymmetrical
- vague
- without character
- without form
- betwixt and between
- borderline
- distrustful
- dubious
- fluctuant
- fly-by-night
- hesitant
- iffy
- in a quandary
- indecisive
- indeterminate
- irresolute
- lacking
- mistrustful
- open
- problematic
- rootless
- shaky
- skeptical
- suspicious
- touch and go
- unassured
- uncertain
- unclear
- unconfident
- unconvinced
- undecided
- undependable
- unreliable
- unstable
- untrustworthy
- untrusty
- up for grabs
- vacillating
- wavering
- weak
- wimpy
- wobbly
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