1
as in vague
not seen or understood clearly
an undetermined form seen only from a distance
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2
as in pending
not yet settled or decided
the fate of the prisoners is still undetermined
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Recent Examples of undetermined
The lawsuit is asking for an undetermined amount in damages.
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Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 21 Aug. 2025
No further search efforts are planned for Fish Lake, and the circumstances of White's death remain officially undetermined with no evidence of foul play.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
The test market will continue for an undetermined time until the product is rolled out nationally.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
These include: Atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASC-US): A common abnormal Pap test result.
—Elizabeth Yuko, Flow Space, 4 Aug. 2025
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Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 21 Aug. 2025
No further search efforts are planned for Fish Lake, and the circumstances of White's death remain officially undetermined with no evidence of foul play.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
The test market will continue for an undetermined time until the product is rolled out nationally.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
These include: Atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASC-US): A common abnormal Pap test result.
—Elizabeth Yuko, Flow Space, 4 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undetermined
Adjective
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Allowing the President to unlawfully remove Governor Cook on unsubstantiated and vague allegations would endanger the stability of our financial system and undermine the rule of law.—
Siladitya Ray,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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But many of the recommendations were vague or lacked the teeth some experts hoped to see from a document MAHA allies for months had said would dramatically transform the health of Americans.—
Will McDuffie,
ABC News,
9 Sep. 2025
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The cases against the two men charged in Gaddy's assault remain pending.—
Ryan Murphy,
IndyStar,
3 Sep. 2025
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The company has one patent granted on the technology and more pending.—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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Applebee’s recently managed its first quarter of same-store sales growth after eight consecutive declines, a faint improvement, but one that pales in comparison to the surge at Chili’s or the steady gains at Olive Garden.—
Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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This leads to signals that are often faint, easily drowned out by background noise, and difficult to isolate in complex biological environments such as blood or tissue.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
4 Sep. 2025
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The line was one of the more questionable position groups heading into the season opener, with an unsettled lineup for most of fall camp.—
Haley Sawyer,
Oc Register,
5 Sep. 2025
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Patrick Modiano’s grand theme is memory in unsettled times, with the characters in his novels caught between a mysterious past and a discordant present.—
Ruth Margalit,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Sep. 2025
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How often rape suspects avoid prosecution as a result is unclear.—
Willoughby Mariano,
ProPublica,
11 Sep. 2025
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The extent of damage to the target, however, remains unclear.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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What drew you to a road trip as a narrative structure to explore these characters’ unresolved dynamics?—
Willing Davidson,
New Yorker,
7 Sep. 2025
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That due to the flood of unresolved customer issues caused by the AI chatbot the bank used to replace 45 call-center roles, CX Today wrote.—
Peter Cohan,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This character development does not really land, however, and Mersault becomes increasingly hazy, disappearing into a cloud of abstraction in the third act.—
Sophie Monks Kaufman,
IndieWire,
2 Sep. 2025
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People take pictures with the Welcome To Fabulous Las Vegas sign under hazy orange skies as the sun sets in Las Vegas, Nevada, on July 29, 2023.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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Whether their intentions are praiseworthy is debatable.—
Robert Goulder,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The game's overall quality is debatable; what isn't is its profound impact on pro football.—
Jim Reineking,
USA Today,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Undetermined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undetermined. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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