INDETERMINATION Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

indetermination

noun

Definition of indetermination

as in uncertainty

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Noun

The song’s origins offer a glimpse into the uncertainty surrounding Nicks and Buckingham before their personal lives became intertwined with Fleetwood Mac’s rise to superstardom.

— Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2026
The era of agentic AI has arrived, but there is uncertainty about what the landscape will look like when virtual storefronts become flooded with AI agents or when a business tries to block them.

— Kevin Williams, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of uncertainty

Noun

There will without a doubt be moments and instances when an injury will create challenges, like Sunday’s absence of Kaydn Proctor, who is sidelined with a concussion this week, and replaced by Jarrett Kingston.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 1 Nov. 2026
The eighteen-meter-tall brick curve that encases the altar has a tremendous body, nearly ominous in its presence, that imparts an intuitive understanding—even amid the doubt—that what provides shelter necessarily does so through strength.

— Kristian Vistrup Madsen, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of doubt

Noun

OutKick has asked the WNBA to clarify its current requirements and enforcement, whether discipline is planned or under consideration, and whether teams have received instructions about being on the court.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
But the public listing itself should not eliminate a company from consideration.

— Chris Russo, Sportico.com, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of consideration

Noun

But that would be seen by many as a sign of indecisiveness and weakness.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
These measures have been encouraging departures from the bureaucratic indecisiveness for which the EU has frequently been criticized.

— Claas Mertens, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of indecisiveness

Noun

The longtime preference of Husted, a former lieutenant governor, was to run for governor, according to multiple people familiar with internal party deliberations.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026
The problem is a bureaucratic culture of ponderous deliberation, lack of enforcement powers, and, most of all, the diffuse authority accorded to New York’s 730 school districts.

— David Bloomfield, New York Daily News, 1 Nov. 2026

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