as in indefinite
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not able to be stated or described in an exact way
a man of indeterminate age an indeterminate number of people
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Recent Examples of indeterminate
While determinate tomatoes can be grown in a 5-gallon bucket, the indeterminate ones will become top-heavy, dry out too quickly, and produce fewer fruits when planted in containers.
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 6 May 2025
Cage height is important for cultivars that can grow more than 4 feet tall, especially indeterminate types of tomatoes that keep on growing taller until frost.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 May 2025
Recent antagonism toward the government workforce, however, has targeted a particular type: the office-dweller, the laptop-user, the knowledge worker who is possibly remote, possibly dead, whose products are indeterminate and, therefore, of dubious value.
—Charlie Tyson, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2025
Bringing studies together, 32% or 1 in 3 of participants had either critical or indeterminate findings.
—Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 6 May 2025
Cage height is important for cultivars that can grow more than 4 feet tall, especially indeterminate types of tomatoes that keep on growing taller until frost.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 May 2025
Recent antagonism toward the government workforce, however, has targeted a particular type: the office-dweller, the laptop-user, the knowledge worker who is possibly remote, possibly dead, whose products are indeterminate and, therefore, of dubious value.
—Charlie Tyson, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2025
Bringing studies together, 32% or 1 in 3 of participants had either critical or indeterminate findings.
—Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indeterminate
Adjective
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President Trump issued a hiring freeze for new IRS employees for an indefinite period and required the release of all probationary employees employed by the agency for two years or less.—
Cindy McGhee,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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Originally planned for wider release, the semi-acoustic performance is yet to see the light of day, with the band’s split with Interscope Records assumed by fans to be the reason for its indefinite delay.—
Tyler Jenke,
Billboard,
14 May 2025
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To Sturzenegger, that was in the approximate vicinity where Warren said the initial searches for Brick took place.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
14 May 2025
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These kinds of approximate methods could eventually inform the waveform templates that are so crucial for filtering out noise in upcoming gravitational-wave detectors, Plefka says.—
Ramin Skibba,
Scientific American,
13 May 2025
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“Indeterminate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indeterminate. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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