indeterminate

  • 41indeterminate sentence — noun : a punitive sentence that fixes the term or amount of punishment only within certain limits and leaves the exact term or amount of punishment to be determined by administrative authorities * * * Criminal Law. a penalty, imposed by a court,… …

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  • 42indeterminate — not defined, not definite, not classified …

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  • 43indeterminate — adj. [L. in, not; determinare, to limit] Not well defined; vague; indefinite …

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  • 44indeterminate — indeterminately, adv. indeterminateness, n. /in di terr meuh nit/, adj. 1. not determinate; not precisely fixed in extent; indefinite; uncertain. 2. not clear; vague. 3. not established. 4. not settled or decided. 5. Math. a …

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  • 45indeterminate — adjective a) not accurately determined or determinable b) imprecise or vague Syn: indeterminant Ant …

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  • 46indeterminate — Synonyms and related words: abstract, accidental, adventitious, aleatoric, aleatory, amorphic, amorphous, anarchic, baggy, bland, blind, blobby, blurred, blurry, broad, casual, causeless, chance, chancy, chaotic, characterless, clear as mud,… …

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  • 47indeterminate — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. vague, general, indefinite; see doubtful 1 , uncertain 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. indefinite, inexact, vague, uncertain, inconclusive, unclear, unspecified. ANT.: exact, specific, precise III (Roget s… …

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  • 48indeterminate — in·de ter·mi·nate || ‚ɪndɪ tÉœrmɪnÉ™t / tɜːm adj. uncertain, indefinite, unclear, ambiguous; indecisive, undecided, unsettled …

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  • 49indeterminate — [ˌɪndɪ tə:mɪnət] adjective 1》 not exactly known, established, or defined.     ↘Mathematics (of a quantity) having no definite or definable value.     ↘Medicine (of a condition) from which a diagnosis of the underlying cause cannot be made. 2》… …

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  • 50indeterminate — a. Indefinite, unfixed, undetermined, uncertain, not settled, not precise …

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