indeterminate
adjective
1. not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance
- of indeterminate age
- a zillion is a large indeterminate number
- an indeterminate point of law
Similar word(s): uncertain, inconclusive, indeterminable, undeterminable, undetermined
2. having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex
- an indeterminate stem
Similar word(s): racemose
3. of uncertain or ambiguous nature
- the equivocal (or indeterminate) objects painted by surrealists
Similar word(s): ambiguous, equivocal
4. (of a quantity) having no definite value, as an equation that cannot be solved
- 0/0 is an indeterminate form
Similar word(s): indeterminable, undeterminable
5. not leading to a definite ending or result
- an indeterminate campaign
Similar word(s): inconclusive