When you determine something, you decide on what it is, which means you put limits or boundaries on its identity. So something indeterminate lacks identifying limits. A mutt is usually …

If law is indeterminate, then judges are unconstrained by law in their decision-making.

Indeterminate definition: not determinate; not precisely fixed in extent; indefinite; uncertain.. See examples of INDETERMINATE used in a sentence.

If something is indeterminate, you cannot say exactly what it is. Dr Amid was a man of indeterminate age. I hope to carry on for an indeterminate period.

Definition of indeterminate adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

In mathematics, particularly in number theory, an indeterminate system has fewer equations than unknowns but an additional a set of constraints on the unknowns, such as restrictions that the …

Oct 31, 2025 · indeterminate (plural indeterminates) (algebra, strict sense) A symbol that resembles a variable or parameter but is used purely formally and neither signifies nor is ever …

Indeterminate means not known or decided. When someone contracts a rare stomach parasite but has not been traveling internationally, you might say it had indeterminate origins.

indeterminate adjective uncertain, indefinite, unspecified, vague, inconclusive, imprecise, undefined, undetermined, inexact, unfixed, unstipulated I hope to carry on for an indeterminate …

1 ENTRIES FOUND: indeterminate (adjective) indeterminate /ˌɪndɪ ˈ tɚmənət/ adjective Britannica Dictionary definition of INDETERMINATE formal : not able to be stated or described …