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indefinite
[ in-def-uh-nit ]
adjective
- not definite; without fixed or specified limit; unlimited:
an indefinite number.
Synonyms: ,
Antonyms:
- not clearly defined or determined; not precise or exact:
an indefinite boundary; an indefinite date in the future.
Synonyms: , , , , ,
Antonyms: , ,
- Grammar.
- Botany.
- very numerous or not easily counted, as stamens.
- (of an inflorescence) indeterminate.
indefinite
/ ɪˈɛɪɪ /
adjective
- not certain or determined; unsettled
- without exact limits; indeterminate
an indefinite number
- vague, evasive, or unclear
- Alsoindeterminate botany
- too numerous to count
indefinite stamens
- capable of continued growth at the tip of the stem, which does not terminate in a flower
an indefinite inflorescence
Derived Forms
- ˈھԾٱԱ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ·i·Ծٱ· adverb
- ·i·Ծٱ·Ա noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of indefinite1
Example Sentences
He was also given a restraining order in relation to Mr Pike, his wife and children, for an indefinite period.
A mum with paranoid schizophrenia who killed her six-year-old son while believing she was being "instructed by a demonic force" has been given an indefinite hospital order.
In one of the more heart-breaking scenes, actress Vivian divulges that she fled to Ethiopia from Eritrea, a neighbouring country that enforces indefinite military conscription for all able-bodied citizens.
But that fact has itself almost disappeared into a bottomless swamp of procedural questions and jurisdictional disputes and supposed contextual ambiguity, while the human being in question remains in ICE custody into the indefinite future.
Nvidia said federal officials had told them the requirement will be in force for the "indefinite future".
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