INDEFINITE

indefinite

(adjective) not decided or not known; “were indefinite about their plans”; “plans are indefinite”

indefinite

(adjective) vague or not clearly defined or stated; “must you be so indefinite?”; “amorphous blots of color having vague and indefinite edges”; “he would not answer so indefinite a proposal”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

indefinite (comparative more indefinite, superlative most indefinite)

Without limit; forever, or until further notice; not definite.

Vague or unclear.

Undecided or uncertain.

(mathematics) Being an integral without specified limits.

(linguistics) Designating an unspecified or unidentified person or thing or group of persons or things

Synonyms

• (without limit): unlimited, unrestricted

• (vague or unclear): hazy; see also indistinct or vague

• (undecided or uncertain): indeterminate, unsettled, indecisive, unsure

• (an integral without specified limits)

• (designating an unspecified thing)

Noun

indefinite (plural indefinites)

(grammar) A word or phrase that designates an unspecified or unidentified person or thing or group of persons or things.

Source: Wiktionary

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In*def"i*nite, a. Etym: [L. indefinitus. See In- not, and Definite.]

1. Not definite; not limited, defined, or specified; not explicit; not determined or fixed upon; not precise; uncertain; vague; confused; obscure; as, an indefinite time, plan, etc. It were to be wished that . . . men would leave off that indefinite way of vouching, "the chymists say this," or "the chymists affirm that." Boyle. The time of this last is left indefinite. Dryden.

2. Having no determined or certain limits; large and unmeasured, though not infinite; unlimited; as indefinite space; the indefinite extension of a straight line. Though it is not infinite, it may be indefinite; though it is not boundless in itself, it may be so to human comprehension. Spectator.

3. Boundless; infinite. [R.] Indefinite and omnipresent God, Inhabiting eternity. W. Thompson (1745).

4. (Bot.)

Definition: Too numerous or variable to make a particular enumeration important; -- said of the parts of a flower, and the like. Also, indeterminate. Indefinite article (Gram.), the word a or an, used with nouns to denote any one of a common or general class.

– Indefinite inflorescence. (Bot.) See Indeterminate inflorescence, under Indeterminate.

– Indefinite proposition (Logic), a statement whose subject is a common term, with nothing to indicate distribution or nondistribution; as, Man is mortal.

– Indefinite term (Logic), a negative term; as, the not-good.

Syn.

– Inexplicit; vague; uncertain; unsettled; indeterminate; loose; equivocal; inexact; approximate.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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