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Definition of indeterminate adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

indeterminate

adjective
 
/ˌɪndɪˈtɜːmɪnət/
 
/ˌɪndɪˈtɜːrmɪnət/
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  1. that cannot be identified easily or exactly
    • She was a tall woman of indeterminate age.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryIndeterminate is used with these nouns:
    • colour
    • sentence
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    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from late Latin indeterminatus, from in- ‘not’ + Latin determinatus ‘limited, determined’ (, past participle of determinare ‘limit, fix’, from de- ‘completely’ + terminare ‘terminate’).
See indeterminate in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee indeterminate in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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