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Undetermined   /ˌəndɪtˈərmɪnd/  /ˌənditˈərmənd/   Listen
Undetermined

adjective
1.
Not yet having been ascertained or determined.
2.
Not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance.  Synonym: indeterminate.  "A zillion is a large indeterminate number" , "An indeterminate point of law" , "The influence of environment is indeterminate" , "An indeterminate future"
3.
Not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought.  Synonyms: open, undecided, unresolved.  "Our position on this bill is still undecided" , "Our lawsuit is still undetermined"






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... filtering from the reprecipitated cellulose. The authors have observed that in carefully conducted experiments cotton cellulose may be dissolved in the reagent, and reprecipitated with a loss of only 1 p.ct. in weight. This, however, is a 'net' result, and leaves undetermined the degree of hydration of the recovered cellulose as of hydrolysis of the original to groups of lower molecular weights. Bronnert finds that a previous hydration of the cellulose—e.g. by the process of alkaline mercerisation and removal of the alkali by washing—enables the ...
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... largest producer of licit opium for the pharmaceutical trade, but an undetermined quantity of opium is diverted to illicit international drug markets; transit country for illicit narcotics produced in neighboring countries; illicit producer of ...
— The 2002 CIA World Factbook • US Government

... Joshua-tree that would be easy to find, unstrapped the black bag, and started off. The black bag, however, bothered me; so after some thought I broke the lock with a stone and investigated the contents, mainly by feel. There were a lot of clothes and toilet articles and such junk, and a number of undetermined hard things like round wooden boxes. Finally I withdrew to the shelter of a barranca where I could light matches. Then I had no difficulty in identifying a nice compact little hypodermic outfit, which I slipped into a pocket. I then deposited the bag in a safe place ...
— The Killer • Stewart Edward White

... entitled to its name and renown. In history the Rubicon is a grand, permanent, and conspicuous stream, gazed upon with continued interest by all mankind for nearly twenty centuries; in nature it is an uncertain rivulet, for a long time doubtful and undetermined, and finally lost. ...
— The Junior Classics • Various

... the touch. And from very far below, much louder boomed the roar of rushing waters. The Legionaries knew, now, what had caused the dull, roaring sound. Unmistakably a furious cascade was boiling, swirling away, down there at undetermined distances of blackness. ...
— The Flying Legion • George Allan England


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