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Indefinite

Indefinite Meaning & Definition
Indefinite Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Indefinite?

[adj] not decided or not known; "were indefinite about their plans"; "plans are indefinite"
[adj] vague or not clearly defined or stated; "must you be so indefinite?"; "amorphous blots of color having vague and indefinite edges"; "he would not answer so indefinite a proposal"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Indefinite: coy | indecisive | nebulous | one(a) | uncertain | unfixed

Related Terms | Find terms related to Indefinite: abstract | aleatoric | aleatory | ambiguous | amorphic | amorphous | anarchic | baffling | baggy | bewildering | bland | blear | bleared | bleary | blobby | blurred | blurry | boundless | broad | chance | chancy | chaotic | characterless | collective | confused | confusing | cryptic | dark | dim | disordered | disorderly | endless | enduring | equivocal | faint | featureless | feeble | filmy | foggy | formless | fuzzy | general | generalized | generic | half-seen | half-visible | hazy | hesitant | hit-or-miss | ill-defined | immeasurable | imprecise | inaccurate | incalculable | inchoate | incoherent | inconspicuous | inconstant | indecisive | indefinable | indelible | indestructible | indeterminable | indeterminate | indistinct | indistinguishable | ineffaceable | ineradicable | inexact | inexplicit | infinite | inform | kaleidoscopic | lax | limitless | loose | low-profile | lumpen | measureless | merely glimpsed | misty | mystifying | nebulous | neutral | nondescript | nonspecific | obscure | orderless | out of focus | pale | permanent | puzzling | random | semivisible | shadowed forth | shadowy | shapeless | shilly-shallying | stochastic | sub judice | sweeping | unbounded | uncertain | uncharacterized | unclear | uncountable | uncounted | undecided | undefinable | undefined | undestined | undestroyable | undetermined | undifferentiated | unerasable | unfixed | unknown | unlimited | unmeasured | unordered | unorganized | unplain | unrecognizable | unsettled | unspecific | unspecified | unsure | vacillating | vague | veiled | wavering | weak | wide | wishy-washy

See Also | indistinct | unclear | undefined | vague

Indefinite In Webster's Dictionary

\In*def"i*nite\, a. [L. indefinitus. See {In-} not, and {Definite}.] 1. Not definite; not limited, defined, or specified; not explicit; not determined or fixed upon; not precise; uncertain; vague; confused; obscure; as, an indefinite time, plan, etc. It were to be wished that . . . men would leave off that indefinite way of vouching, ``the chymists say this,'' or ``the chymists affirm that.'' --Boyle. The time of this last is left indefinite. --Dryden. 2. Having no determined or certain limits; large and unmeasured, though not infinite; unlimited; as indefinite space; the indefinite extension of a straight line. Though it is not infinite, it may be indefinite; though it is not boundless in itself, it may be so to human comprehension. --Spectator. 3. Boundless; infinite. [R.] Indefinite and omnipresent God, Inhabiting eternity. --W. Thompson (1745). 4. (Bot.) Too numerous or variable to make a particular enumeration important; -- said of the parts of a flower, and the like. Also, indeterminate. {Indefinite article} (Gram.), the word a or an, used with nouns to denote any one of a common or general class. {Indefinite inflorescence}. (Bot.) See {Indeterminate inflorescence}, under {Indeterminate}. {Indefinite proposition} (Logic), a statement whose subject is a common term, with nothing to indicate distribution or nondistribution; as, Man is mortal. {Indefinite term} (Logic), a negative term; as, the not-good. Syn: Inexplicit; vague; uncertain; unsettled; indeterminate; loose; equivocal; inexact; approximate.

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