indeterminable
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- adjective
- /ˌɪndɪˈtɜːrmɪnəbl/
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indeterminable
- Ribic and White are nearly indeterminable when it comes to who is responsible for how much of the image on the page.
Examples
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The outcome of the experiment was indeterminable, leaving the researchers with many unanswered questions.
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The influence of social context is indeterminable in a single-setting study.
Academic text (1993) -
It all seems to have become an indeterminable debate about whether it be 1 year, 4 years, 20 years, 100 years, or 1000 years.
Blog text (27) -
It was indeterminable how he acquired the new Unit 3 vocabulary prior to the intervention.
Academic text (2012) -
I've seen estimates of about a trillion for Earth's carrying capacity with current technology, with the potential for future technology being essentially indeterminable.
Blog text (1) -
Too often, the specific antecedence of chosen design elements remains indeterminable, for in a region like the Willamette Valley, exceedingly few records describe any of the reasons behind particular elements in town plans.
Academic text (2006) -
The agency also must publish its proposed contract intentions, which requires the agency to consider any resulting bids and proposals; this can result in an indeterminable number of responses to the solicitation.
Academic text (2017) -
Each nucleus in each field was classified as male, female, or indeterminable until 2,000 classifiable nuclei had been examined, at which time coordinates were recorded again.
Academic text (2003) -
Her true intentions remained indeterminable, even after several conversations during the meeting.
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Due to the lack of data, the financial impact of the decision was deemed indeterminable by the analysts.
Synonyms
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7.4
Something you cannot find out or understand
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Not possible to reply to in a way that convinces people
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Hard to predict or measure exactly
It is not possible to know for sure
Not possible to find out for certain
Antonyms
How Determinable
Surface Forms
Morphology
indeterminable = determinable (transparent) = in + determine + able
The negative prefix attaches straightforwardly to 'determinable' to mean 'not able to be determined'.
Etymology
The word indeterminable begins with in- meaning 'not' and uses determine, which is about setting a term, or 'limit', like in term or terminal. So indeterminable means 'not able to be decided or measured', which is why we use it for things we cannot find out with certainty.