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Recent Examples of undefinable
Sports cars are famously undefinable, encompassing a broad array of roadsters, four-door cars, coupes, grand tourers, supercars, and even some straight-up race cars.
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Robert Ross, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2025
Making a case for the undefinable quality of camp, Doonan asks what do Grace Jones, Benjamin Disraeli, Salvador Dalí, K-pop and a giant art nouveau vase covered in fairies and stuffed with peacock feathers have in common.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 23 July 2025
The streets are dotted with workers in hazmat suits doing undefinable tasks and the stores are rundown.
—Esther Zuckerman, IndieWire, 11 Mar. 2025
The undefinable 2021 science-fiction musical epic Neptune Frost—a project from American multidisciplinary artist and musician Saul Williams and Rwandan filmmaker Anisia Uzeyman—is an example of a film that does not simply rehash past visions of a future.
—Ruby Thélot, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
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Robert Ross, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2025
Making a case for the undefinable quality of camp, Doonan asks what do Grace Jones, Benjamin Disraeli, Salvador Dalí, K-pop and a giant art nouveau vase covered in fairies and stuffed with peacock feathers have in common.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 23 July 2025
The streets are dotted with workers in hazmat suits doing undefinable tasks and the stores are rundown.
—Esther Zuckerman, IndieWire, 11 Mar. 2025
The undefinable 2021 science-fiction musical epic Neptune Frost—a project from American multidisciplinary artist and musician Saul Williams and Rwandan filmmaker Anisia Uzeyman—is an example of a film that does not simply rehash past visions of a future.
—Ruby Thélot, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undefinable
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Rich Table’s palate is expansive, if intentionally undefined, with dishes that riff on French, Italian, Korean, Japanese and Chinese cooking.—
Cesar Hernandez,
San Francisco Chronicle,
27 Mar. 2026
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The White House is attempting to manage a large-scale military confrontation with an undefined exit strategy—a confrontation that is unnerving markets.—
Vivian Salama,
The Atlantic,
24 Mar. 2026
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That can lead to a logjam at the door, with people arriving before opening and then still waiting for indeterminate times.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
9 Mar. 2026
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Many common garden tomatoes are indeterminate, ensuring a continuous crop.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
9 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Three gigantic abstract paintings lean against the counter, each an indistinct blob of color.—
Joe Hagan,
Vanity Fair,
18 Mar. 2026
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Flashing by, indistinct, until something re-markable or strange grinds the journey to a halt.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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For now, hundreds of families remain in limbo, facing a looming deadline and an uncertain future.—
Ivan Taylor,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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And much remains uncertain about how AI will reshape entry-level job opportunities.—
Jerry Balentine,
Fortune,
26 Mar. 2026
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However, Japan’s opponent for its June 25 match is still undetermined.—
José Sánchez Córdova,
Dallas Morning News,
23 Mar. 2026
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Tyler Toffoli, San Jose’s third-leading scorer, is out for an undetermined amount of time with a lower-body issue after he was injured during the first period on Thursday.—
Curtis Pashelka,
Mercury News,
21 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The effects added even more variety to the light and texture of the dense foliage and rocks, making the depicted landscape indistinguishable from real-world photography.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
31 Mar. 2026
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The fresh precipitation had rendered the thin roads above Lake Tahoe almost indistinguishable from the frosted forests around them.—
Namir Khaliq,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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An ominous, inexplicable sound that floods dread into your every waking step, and that will eventually drive you to suicide or murder?—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
25 Mar. 2026
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Even less weighty decisions were sometimes inexplicable to him.—
Eric Boodman,
Vulture,
25 Mar. 2026
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