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undetermined

adj · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: AH2 N D IH0 T ER1 M IH0 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: AH2 N D IY0 T ER1 M AH0 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Not determined; not settled; not decided.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Not limited; not defined; indeterminate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

simple past and past participle of undetermine

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • of indeterminate age
  • a zillion is a large indeterminate number
  • an indeterminate point of law
  • the influence of environment is indeterminate
  • an indeterminate future

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: indeterminate

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective

Meaning 5

not yet having been ascertained or determined

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • of undetermined species

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: determined

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an open question
  • our position on this bill is still undecided
  • our lawsuit is still undetermined

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: open, undecided, unresolved

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From un- + determined.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: нерешителен (nerešitelen) — Not determined; not settled; not decided
  • Catalan: indeterminat — Not determined; not settled; not decided
  • German: unbestimmt — Not determined; not settled; not decided
  • German: unentschieden — Not determined; not settled; not decided
  • Irish: neamhchinntithe — Not determined; not settled; not decided
  • Manx: neuoolit — Not determined; not settled; not decided
  • Middle English: unstedefast — Not determined; not settled; not decided
  • Tagalog: ditinakdaan — Not determined; not settled; not decided
  • Bulgarian: неопределен (neopredelen) — Not limited; not defined; indeterminate
  • Catalan: indeterminat — Not limited; not defined; indeterminate
  • German: unbestimmt — Not limited; not defined; indeterminate
  • Irish: neamhchinntithe — Not limited; not defined; indeterminate
  • Navajo: haashį́į́ — Not limited; not defined; indeterminate
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