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undetermining

undetermining is the present participle and gerund of undetermine.

Meaning of undetermine

Verb

undetermine (third-person singular simple present undetermines, present participle undetermining, simple past and past participle undetermined)

  1. (transitive) To undo the determining of; to make uncertain.
    • The antithetical features of atomist doctrine are no longer seen as undetermining the principle of the atom, or negating sensuous appearance, but rather as intrinsic to both. Nature is full of contradictions […]2000, Daniel Tiffany, Toy Medium: Materialism and Modern Lyric, page 173

Questions about undetermining

What is undetermining the present participle and gerund of?
Undetermining is the present participle and gerund of undetermine.

Words near undetermining in the dictionary

  1. undetermination
  2. undetermine
  3. undetermined
  4. undeterminedness
  5. undetermines
  6. undetermining
  7. undeterministic
  8. undeterrable
  9. undeterrably
  10. undeterred
  11. undeterredly

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