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Definition of indefinate

"indefinate" is probably misspelled. Trying indefinite instead Definition of indefinite

1. indefinite [ a ] vague or not clearly defined or stated
Examples: "must you be so indefinite?" "amorphous blots of color having vague and indefinite edges" "he would not answer so indefinite a proposal"

Used in print:

(William S. Haymond, "Is Distance an Original...)

According_to his own testimony , he never actually saw things as shaped but only as generally amorphous `` blots '' of color of a more_or_less indefinite size ; at their edges they slipped pretty_much out_of_focus altogether .

(Evan Esar, Humorous English; a guide to comic ,...)

The comic indefinite comprises an extensive class of comedy .

Indefinite reference also carries double meaning where an allusion to one person or thing seems to refer to another .

The manager of a movie_theater received a telephone_call from a woman who was equally indefinite .

Another brand of indefinite reference arises out of the use of the double verb .

Synonyms indefinite Related Terms definite one indecisive nebulous coy undefined indistinct unclear

2. indefinite [ a ] not decided or not known
Examples: "were indefinite about their plans" "plans are indefinite"

Synonyms indefinite Related Terms uncertain

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