indeterminate


indeterminate (http://definr.com/indeterminate)

     adj 1: not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known
            in advance; "of indeterminate age"; "a zillion is a
            large indeterminate number"; "an indeterminate point
            of law"; "the influence of environment is
            indeterminate"; "an indeterminate future" [syn: undetermined]
            [ant: determinate]
     2: (botany) having a capacity for continuing to grow at the
        apex; "an indeterminate stem" [ant: determinate]
     3: of uncertain or ambiguous nature; "the equivocal (or
        indeterminate) objects painted by surrealists"
     4: not capable of being determined; "an indeterminate number of
        plant species in the jungle"
     5: not leading to a definite ending or result; "an
        indeterminate campaign"
     6: not clearly understood or expressed; "an indeterminate turn
        of phrase"; "an impulse to go off and fight certain
        obscure battles of his own spirit"-Anatole Broyard; "their
        descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and
        unclear"- P.A.Sorokin; "vague...forms of speech...have so
        long passed for mysteries of science"- John Locke [syn: obscure,
         vague]