Both Uses of
inconclusive
in
Atlas Shrugged
- The men who, through the decades of their careers, had relied for their security upon keeping their faces blank, their words inconclusive and their clothes impeccable, were thrown off-key by the sweaters stretched over their stomachs, by the mufflers wound about their necks, by the sound of coughing that cut through the discussion too frequently, like the rattle of a machine gun.†
Chpt 2.5
- He had always regarded thoughts and words as inconclusive, but a material shape was that which he had spent his life escaping: a commitment.†
Chpt 2.8 *
Definition:
not conclusive (not putting an end to doubt or question)
Standard prefix: in- at the beginning of a word often means "not" as in incorrect or independent. So, inconclusive means not conclusive.