indeterminate

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This unstable, indeterminate flickering sensation is what Mr. Lerner wants to evoke as he maneuvers his stories between the polarities of the real and the imaginary.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

The president, played by a breathy, beleaguered Idris Elba and known only by his call sign, “Icon,” is of indeterminate party and ideology.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

The state has indeterminate sentencing, which is given in a range of years rather than a fixed number.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025

It took Viola’s atmospheric soundscape of indeterminate voices and noises to make them miraculous.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 16, 2024

The pictorial space, with its indeterminate depth, becomes continuous with ours, despite the fact that the frame cuts off the figure.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson