undefined
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5.3
- adjective
- /ˌʌn.dɪˈfaɪnd/
:
indefinido
- The consequences of the new policy are undefined, making it difficult to predict its impact.
- undefined yet
- largely undefined
- leave them undefined
I have been in situation ships where things were undefined and you end up hurt.
- I have been in situation ships where things were undefined and you end up hurt.
- In Hamlet, the being of beings must be undefined, unprescribed, undeclared.
- Especially if you're like me and your lips are kind of undefined.
- It was wildly legal and nobody or it was certainly undefined in some states, but it really was like Fight Club.
- You see, for me, I'm undefined now that I, I cannot be pinned down.
- It's that road ahead, the one that's undefined, and how you finally arrive at that place where you know you belong.
- Both of those things correspond to taking something that is very precise and deterministic and making it kind of vague and a little bit undefined.
- But I think the idea in the here is that it's the more like undefined kind of right.
- This is what we do pretty well most days exists in a undefined, full of uncertainty world.
- What I've been talking about these, these these mental aspects which are as yet undefined because he's there and exploring it.
Examples
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If the values are strings, OK, then it's somewhat undefined what we mean there.
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I have been in situation ships where things were undefined and you end up hurt.
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What she found was a source of curiosity and undefined mystery, if not danger.
Fiction book (1997) -
The rules are undefined, the expectations are undefined, and the healthiest take on a situation ship is that it's a place.
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The bilateral relationship is likely to hover in this undefined space of neither friend nor adversary.
Academic text (2010) -
The task was left purposefully vague and undefined, and I approached it without prejudice and with an open mind.
Academic text (1997) -
For example, a shortcoming of the CDA was the use of the vague, undefined terms "indecent" and "patently offensive."
Academic text (2002) -
And we recall Lao-tzu: colorless and undefined, "like the newborn who hasn't yet felt his first emotion."
Academic text (2005) -
The project's goals remained undefined, leaving the team unsure of their objectives.
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During the meeting, her role in the plan was still undefined, creating confusion among the participants.
Synonyms
230
4.6
Not clear or detailed so you are unsure what is meant
39
4.0
Not clearly fixed or known, with no set end date
27
4.8
Something that does not give clear details
20
4.6
Not yet decided or known
11
7.0
Not clearly known or decided
10
7.9
Unclear and hard to picture or describe
5
6.5
Not clearly or exactly stated
1
7.7
Not clearly or fully described so important details are missing
Not clearly separated from other things and lacking clear edges
Antonyms
How Defined
Surface Forms
Morphology
undefined = defined (transparent) = un + define + ed
The adjective is formed by negating 'defined' with the productive prefix 'un-', so learners who know 'defined' can readily infer 'undefined'.
Etymology
Undefined combines un- 'not' and define 'to set a limit' or 'to explain', a bit like the word 'finish'. So, undefined means something that has no clear limit or clear description.