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Definition
unknown or uncertain- A zillion is a large indeterminate number.
indeterminate = unknown or uncertain
- of indeterminate age
- an indeterminate point of law
- the indeterminate number of plant species in the jungle
- And there were further reaches of vague and indeterminate feelings that stirred in me.London, Jack -- The Iron Heel
- the influence of environment is indeterminate
- Mona gave Hanna an indeterminate look; Hanna wondered for a second if it was a look of pity.Sara Shepard -- Pretty Little Liars
- After that, the sound of the inquisitorial voices seemed merged in one dreamy indeterminate hum.Edgar Allan Poe -- The Pit and the Pendulum
- After that, the sound of the inquisitorial voices seemed merged in one dreamy indeterminate hum.Poe, Edgar Allan -- The Pit and the Pendulum
- the indeterminate objects painted by surrealists
- an indeterminate stem
- With his own eyes he had seen creatures in the dark, and an indeterminate terror was always lurking, waiting for him.Stieg Larsson -- The Girl Who Played with Fire
- He stared at me dispassionately for an indeterminate amount of time.Pat Conroy -- The Lords of Discipline
- This happens on and off for an indeterminate amount of time.Suzanne Collins -- The Hunger Games
- She was a scrawny little white woman, missing teeth, with a cloud of hair that was an indeterminate shade somewhere between gray and peroxide.Piper Kerman -- Orange Is the New Black
- She was in a state for months ...." her expression flickered, became indeterminate.Ralph Ellison -- Invisible Man
- Here, with you, everything is circumscribed, here all is formulated and geometrical, while we have nothing but indeterminate equations!Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- The Brothers Karamazov
- He went out indeterminately.Thomas Hardy -- Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- On my way back to the cash register, I stop for a couple Starbursts, a package of Twinkies, and an indeterminate number of GoFast nutrition bars.John Green -- Paper Towns
- A trail of indeterminate light showed on the horizon.Elie Wiesel -- Night
indeterminate = vague (unknown in meaning)
indeterminate = unknown (not individually distinguished and perhaps not understood as a group)