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inconclusive

/ˌɪnkənˈkluːsɪv/US/ˌɪnkənˈklusɪv/

inconclusive adjective: not conclusive, not leading to a conclusion.

Adjective

inconclusive (comparative more inconclusive, superlative most inconclusive)

  1. Not conclusive, not leading to a conclusion.
    • Chofen is an unusually small hydrogen-helium gas giant, with traces of sulphur and hydrocarbons in the atmosphere. The Alliance surveyor ship Ibn Battuta provided inconclusive evidence of hydrocarbon life in the atmosphere (over 1000 meters below the cloud tops), where pressure compresses Chofen's...2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Chofen planetary description
    • He met Luis Suarez's cross at the far post, only for Chelsea keeper Petr Cech to show brilliant reflexes to deflect his header on to the bar. Carroll turned away to lead Liverpool's insistent protests that the ball had crossed the line but referee Phil Dowd and assistant referee Andrew Garratt...2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport
    Synonyms:
    indecisive

inconclusive meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam

inconclusive in Hindi

inconclusive; stalemate
बेनतीजा benatījā

inconclusive in Tamil

முடிவற்ற தெளிவற்ற, முடிவுறாத

inconclusive in Bengali

অমীমাংসিত, অস্পষ্ট, অনিশ্চিত

inconclusive in Malayalam

indecisive, proving nothing, indeterminate
നിർണ്ണായകമല്ലാത്ത, തീരുമാനമാകാത്ത, തീർച്ചയാകാത്ത, അവസാനമാകാത്ത, ബോധ്യംവരുത്താത്ത, തീരുമാനത്തിലെത്താത്ത
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inconclusive in Kannada
ಮುಗಿಯದ, ತೀರ‍್ಮಾನಕ್ಕೆ ಬಾರದ, ಕೊನೆಗೊಳ್ಳದ, ಅನಿರ್ಣಾಯಕ

Examples of inconclusive in a sentence

  • The results of the poll were inconclusive. We got two yeses, three nos, and four maybes.
  • The initial results were inconclusive, so we resampled the tap water.
  • The relationship between nitrate concentration in drinking water and esophageal cancer has been inconclusive.

All 11 example sentences with inconclusive

Synonyms of inconclusive

Forms of inconclusive

comparativemore inconclusive
superlativemost inconclusive
alternative formnonconclusive

Origin of inconclusive

From in- + conclusive.

Words formed from inconclusive

Questions about inconclusive

What does inconclusive mean?
Inconclusive means not conclusive, not leading to a conclusion.
What is inconclusive in Hindi?
Inconclusive in Hindi is बेनतीजा (benatījā). See Inconclusive meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is inconclusive?
Inconclusive is an adjective.
How do you pronounce inconclusive?
Inconclusive is pronounced /ˌɪnkənˈkluːsɪv/ (UK).

Words near inconclusive in the dictionary

  1. inconcludent
  2. inconcluding
  3. inconclusible
  4. inconclusion
  5. inconclusions
  6. inconclusive
  7. inconclusively
  8. inconclusiveness
  9. inconclusivenesses
  10. inconclusivity
  11. inconcoct

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Adapted from Wiktionary: inconclusive (page history and authors); बेनतीजा (Hindi) (page history and authors); inconclusive (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Inconclusive (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inconclusive (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); inconclusive (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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