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
According to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office website, her manner of death remains undetermined, and investigators are still gathering information.
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Kyani Reid, NBC news, 5 Oct. 2025
This reps Ambudkar’s directorial debut; he’s expected to helm an as-yet undetermined episode set to shoot later this fall and air in the spring.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
Because there was a limited number of remains found, the examinations came back undetermined.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
What will Queens, Elon merger look like? Much about what the merger looks like is still undetermined, Book and Cureton told The Charlotte Observer.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 16 Sep. 2025
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Kyani Reid, NBC news, 5 Oct. 2025
This reps Ambudkar’s directorial debut; he’s expected to helm an as-yet undetermined episode set to shoot later this fall and air in the spring.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
Because there was a limited number of remains found, the examinations came back undetermined.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
What will Queens, Elon merger look like? Much about what the merger looks like is still undetermined, Book and Cureton told The Charlotte Observer.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undetermined
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And not just vague signs, actual amyloid plaques and tau tangles, the same hallmarks seen in human patients.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
14 Oct. 2025
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A lot of people bounce through the system because these symptoms are so vague.—
Katherine Fung,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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Aurora's other pending project include plans to convert a historic former Milwaukee school, 2708 W. Wisconsin Ave., into a $50 million community health and wellness hub.—
Tom Daykin,
jsonline.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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But Careaga, along with Careaga Plastic Surgery and Martinez, are among the defendants in a pending October 2023 civil lawsuit filed by Gonzalez Benitez’s husband in Miami-Dade circuit court.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
25 Sep. 2025
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His nephew said that, for decades, his grandparents had kept alive a faint hope that maybe their hero son had just been captured and would one day come gamboling through the front door to the family’s Brookside home.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
10 Oct. 2025
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From this distance, Swift detected the faint ultraviolet glow of hydroxyl (OH), the product of water molecules broken apart by sunlight, the study reports.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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Another unsettled pattern could follow later in the week, depending on how the offshore low evolves, forecasters said.—
Sydney Barragan,
Oc Register,
11 Oct. 2025
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O'Donnell walks over to his black horse Duke who senses the unsettled energy coming from the captain.—
Bryan West,
Nashville Tennessean,
10 Oct. 2025
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The future of Rutgers and TurnkeyZRG’s working relationship remains unclear, but the master services agreement remains in effect.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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There’s so much armor in being unclear.—
Brittany Spanos,
Rolling Stone,
16 Oct. 2025
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The 20-point ceasefire plan brokered by the United States, Egypt, Qatar and Turkey still has several unresolved issues and details that must be hammered out.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
13 Oct. 2025
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This Is My Story While Israel and Hamas have accepted the two-phase agreement, many of the more difficult issues have been left unresolved.—
Richard Hall,
Time,
12 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The Mifsuds have invited the community to become a part of the menu curation process, by welcoming name suggestions for Six Spoke’s latest brews, like the Vernor Hazeway, a hazy IPA.—
Lyndsay C. Green,
Freep.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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The series has a hazy, dreamlike quality in which narrative logic bends but emotional coherence holds.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
9 Oct. 2025
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That’s debatable, but the sweet, vanilla-forward coating and pop of salt on top turns ordinary pretzels into a yummy confection nonetheless.—
Jolene Thym,
Mercury News,
14 Oct. 2025
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Answer remains debatable, but swings with Miami’s 1-4 start.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Undetermined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undetermined. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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