Sample sentences for INDETERMINATE

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Definition

unknown or uncertain

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

indeterminate = vague (unknown in meaning)

After that, the sound of the inquisitorial voices seemed merged in one dreamy indeterminate hum.
Edgar Allan Poe -- The Pit and the Pendulum

indeterminate = unknown (not individually distinguished and perhaps not understood as a group)

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

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