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
At this time, the containment status is unknown and the cause of the fire remains undetermined.
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Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Last day of me recoding videos on Cameo for an undetermined amount of time.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 25 Apr. 2025
Per Bell, Jet is taking a leave of undetermined length.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 24 Apr. 2025
The lawsuit is asking for an undetermined amount in damages.
—Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2025
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Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Last day of me recoding videos on Cameo for an undetermined amount of time.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 25 Apr. 2025
Per Bell, Jet is taking a leave of undetermined length.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 24 Apr. 2025
The lawsuit is asking for an undetermined amount in damages.
—Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undetermined
Adjective
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Some vague stripes run down its spine, blurring together toward its tail.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
9 May 2025
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The instructions were vague and didn’t have many helpful illustrations.—
Kate Puhala,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 May 2025
Adjective
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In response to Trump’s executive orders to make cuts, federal departments and agencies have been rolling out announcements of buyouts, early retirements and pending layoffs since Trump took office in January.—
Jared Gans,
The Hill,
8 May 2025
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The proposal also prohibits police from initiating communications with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security about someone’s pending or imminent release from jail for any other reason than the end of their criminal sentence.—
Chris Van Buskirk,
Boston Herald,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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This Week: May 19-25, 2025 As the moon continues to wane from being full last week, the night skies darken enough to find faint stars and constellations.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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It’s filled with no-nonsense retinol and has a faint medicinal smell.—
Mary Honkus,
Glamour,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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The final outcome of the race, which was the last remaining unsettled election of the 2024 cycle, seemed uncertain for months as Griffin challenged the validity of about 65,000 ballots cast in the race over various issues.—
Jared Gans,
The Hill,
7 May 2025
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With the global situation becoming more unsettled, for some that was replaced by BANI (Brittle, Anxious, Nonlinear, Incomprehensible) starting in 2018. Those frameworks are still useful, but these are very different times.—
IESE Business School,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Her reasons for choosing Hagerty were unclear, although the firm had already signed a wildfire recovery contract with L.A. County’s emergency management office and had long worked with the state Office of Emergency Services.—
Matt Hamilton,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2025
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In the oftentimes incoherent audio message, the speaker discusses various grievances about his life, but the specific connection to IVF is unclear.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
17 May 2025
Adjective
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Without the constant busyness to distract them, unresolved issues start to surface.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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The finale, though satisfying, leaves many storylines unresolved.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
19 May 2025
Adjective
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Skyscrapers towered over a hazy, Saharan landscape — a vibrant melting pot of modernist and historical sites and structures, situated on a confluence of the Nile River.—
Emmanuel Akinwotu,
NPR,
16 May 2025
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The image is hazy because the low light and long exposures can add digital noise to Perseverance's images.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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What is not debatable is that the US-Ukraine minerals deal, while hollow in immediate extractive gain for the US and in many respects a Trump defeat, heralds a new age.—
Wesley Alexander Hill,
Forbes.com,
7 May 2025
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Whether tariffs are good policy or not is debatable.—
Vicki Abeles,
Mercury News,
7 May 2025
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“Undetermined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undetermined. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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