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undeterminate

undeterminate adjective: not determinate; unsettled or uncertain.

Adjective

undeterminate (comparative more undeterminate, superlative most undeterminate)

  1. (archaic) Not determinate; unsettled or uncertain.
    • "[…] I think I may safely infer, That whatever is the first and principal Cause of changing the fluid and undeterminated Matter into shapes so comely and symmetrical, as we see in Flowers and Trees, is an Understanding Principle […]1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 54

Antonyms of undeterminate

Forms of undeterminate

comparativemore undeterminate
superlativemost undeterminate

Origin of undeterminate

From un- + determinate.

Words formed from undeterminate

Questions about undeterminate

What does undeterminate mean?
Undeterminate means not determinate; unsettled or uncertain.
What part of speech is undeterminate?
Undeterminate is an adjective.

Words near undeterminate in the dictionary

  1. undeteriorated
  2. undeteriorating
  3. undeterminable
  4. undeterminacies
  5. undeterminacy
  6. undeterminate
  7. undeterminated
  8. undeterminateness
  9. undetermination
  10. undetermine
  11. undetermined

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