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indefinitive

indefinitive adjective: not definitive.

Adjective

indefinitive (comparative more indefinitive, superlative most indefinitive)

  1. Not definitive.

Forms of indefinitive

comparativemore indefinitive
superlativemost indefinitive

Origin of indefinitive

From in- + definitive.

Words formed from indefinitive

Questions about indefinitive

What does indefinitive mean?
Indefinitive means not definitive.
What part of speech is indefinitive?
Indefinitive is an adjective.

Words near indefinitive in the dictionary

  1. indefinite verbs
  2. indefinitely
  3. indefiniteness
  4. indefinites
  5. indefinities
  6. indefinitive
  7. indefinitiveness
  8. indefinitize
  9. indefinitized
  10. indefinitizes
  11. indefinitizing

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