1
as in vague
not seen or understood clearly
an undetermined form seen only from a distance
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2
as in pending
not yet settled or decided
the fate of the prisoners is still undetermined
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Recent Examples of undetermined
The report said any potential suspects in the case of the missing money are undetermined at this time.
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Christin Lazerus, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
The number of fatalities is undetermined at this time, Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue Chief Scott Goldstein said during the press briefing.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 26 May 2026
The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office said on Tuesday, May 26, that Pisano’s cause and manner of death are both undetermined.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 26 May 2026
Busch, who tragically died at 41 on Thursday from an undetermined illness, turned in a valiant effort in 2014, finishing sixth in the Indy 500 despite having limited experience in IndyCar.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2026
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Christin Lazerus, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
The number of fatalities is undetermined at this time, Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue Chief Scott Goldstein said during the press briefing.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 26 May 2026
The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office said on Tuesday, May 26, that Pisano’s cause and manner of death are both undetermined.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 26 May 2026
Busch, who tragically died at 41 on Thursday from an undetermined illness, turned in a valiant effort in 2014, finishing sixth in the Indy 500 despite having limited experience in IndyCar.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undetermined
Adjective
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Government warnings are often vague or late.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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Lisabeth Pérez Castle, the city’s independent monitor, said in a statement that the vague new approach to discipline does not clearly explain how safety officials will comply with city laws regarding the monitor’s oversight.—
Shelly Bradbury,
Denver Post,
29 May 2026
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But in a statement, the Department of Justice said the decision to scrap the fund was in response to a federal judge’s ruling last week that temporarily blocked payouts from the fund while legal challenges remain pending.—
Ana Ceballos
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
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Another case dealing with access to the road to get to the center is likewise pending.—
DANA HEDGPETH THE WASHINGTON POST,
Arkansas Online,
24 May 2026
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And yes, that sound will dissipate and soon will be too faint for my human ears as it is absorbed into space, but Renee Gladman writes that spaces moan.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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The mission of a T-AGOS ship depends heavily on detecting faint underwater sounds produced by submarines operating hundreds of miles away.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
1 June 2026
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Storm chances increase again on Sunday and continue into next week as upper-level ridging shifts east and a more unsettled southwest flow develops.—
Nelly Carreño,
CBS News,
27 May 2026
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The unsettled question is who owns the funnel from manuscript to listener.—
Gabriel Alin Zainescu,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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Though the purpose of the tunnel remains unclear, researchers theorize it may have been carved to reach a chalk layer used for quarrying building stones or producing lime.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2026
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Once considered the definitive Monroe biography, Spoto’s thorough tome has been criticized for sometimes-unclear sourcing and being overly sympathetic.—
Pat Saperstein,
Variety,
1 June 2026
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Their ultimate goal is to soothe both the main characters and the viewers at home, often by allowing characters to address unresolved traumas from their past.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
29 May 2026
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The question of electoral timing also remains unresolved.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
29 May 2026
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That was a long and debatable story.—
Thomas Lake,
AJC.com,
4 June 2026
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To say Podziemski is of the same caliber as those players is debatable but not outlandish, and at just 23 years old, he is still expected to improve.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
2 June 2026
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Klara Liden, an artist working across the registers of the embodied, spatial, and linguistic, remains productively undecided.—
Erika Landström,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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On that issue, MLS remains undecided.—
Paul Tenorio,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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“Undetermined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undetermined. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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