undetermined
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4.6
- adjective
- /ˌʌn.dɪˈtɜːr.mɪnd/
:
indeterminado
- So, they are stealing food... mostly at night, for some undetermined purpose.
- remain undetermined
- undetermined number
- undetermined etiology
Not one had this virus so they have to admit as yet undetermined host animal.
- Not one had this virus so they have to admit as yet undetermined host animal.
- But the, the manner of death they, you know, had been suicide and they changed it to undetermined.
- But still they said that the cause of death was, of course, a fall and the but the manner of death is undetermined.
Examples
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So, even though your brother's status is undetermined at this point, there's really very little we can do for you.
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Indonesia's forests are also home to a large but undetermined number of forest-dwelling or forest-dependent communities.
Academic text (1999) -
The size of the group is undetermined.
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Which option will be chosen remains undetermined and is likely to vary from site to site.
Academic text (1998) -
Its outcome is still undetermined.
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Well, the cause for the explosion is still undetermined.
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The fire was contained to three acres, and the cause is undetermined at this time.
Blog text (11) -
But as with calls to revisit Smith, the future of this argument is undetermined.
Academic text (2018) -
The quality and validity of these weights are undetermined until after this election.
Blog text (28) -
The outcome of the trial remains undetermined until the jury reaches a verdict.
Synonyms
579
1.0
Not decided and still possible to change
149
2.8
Not known for sure and likely to change
75
2.9
Not yet sure which option or side to choose
56
4.4
A problem or question that is still not solved
55
6.5
Gives no clear decision or result
39
4.0
Not clearly fixed or known, with no set end date
31
4.7
Not yet decided or settled
27
4.8
Something that does not give clear details
22
4.2
Not decided or final, for example a question, a plan
11
7.0
Not clearly known or decided
8
5.3
Not clearly limited or described
5
6.5
Not clearly or exactly stated
Not finished or decided yet
Antonyms
How Determined
Surface Forms
Morphology
undetermined = determined (transparent) = un + determine + ed
Formed by productive negation 'un-' added to 'determined' (the past-participial/adjectival form), giving a straightforward opposite meaning.
Etymology
Undetermined is made from un- 'not' and determine 'to decide or fix'. Determine is related to the common word term, which means a 'limit' or 'end', so undetermined means 'not decided' or 'not fixed', often used when something has no set end or result.