as in erroneous
not showing that something is certainly true
The results of the test proved inconclusive. an inconclusive argument
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Recent Examples of inconclusive
Tests on the fingernail scraping and one of the bloodstains were inconclusive.
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Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
Sweating out toxins may be a benefit of using saunas, but the research behind this is inconclusive.
—Jennifer Davis-Flynn, Outside Online, 2 Mar. 2025
The presence of metal at that time was inconclusive.
—Jonathan O’Callaghan, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
Autopsies performed on Thursday were inconclusive, with sheriff’s officials noting that carbon monoxide and toxicology test results were still pending.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2025
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Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
Sweating out toxins may be a benefit of using saunas, but the research behind this is inconclusive.
—Jennifer Davis-Flynn, Outside Online, 2 Mar. 2025
The presence of metal at that time was inconclusive.
—Jonathan O’Callaghan, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
Autopsies performed on Thursday were inconclusive, with sheriff’s officials noting that carbon monoxide and toxicology test results were still pending.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inconclusive
Adjective
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There were reports for a decade that his defection was imminent and even an erroneous report by a major outlet that a defection had happened.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Mar. 2025
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Children’s Health Defense is an organization founded by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has been criticized for his mixed and erroneous messaging about the ongoing measles outbreak, the largest in six years.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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But to say that each team’s problems are entirely talent-and-bad-luck issues would be inaccurate in our view.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
19 Mar. 2025
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Implementing controls to reign in its AI agents’ behavior that can initiate incorrect orders, offer bad advice or generate inaccurate research.—
Gene Marks,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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And then there is Derek McDaniel, whose incorrect assembling of his nomination packet for 2023 city council race resulted in a circuit court judge bouncing him from the ballot, and whose campaign yard sign size and placement have been questioned in this race.—
Naperville Sun,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Mar. 2025
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Do not sign an immigration form that includes incorrect information or blanks.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Others, such as closing beaches, parks and playgrounds, were well intentioned but flawed.—
Orlando Sentinel and Virginian Pilot Editorial Boards,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Mar. 2025
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Congress needs to stanch the bleeding — and give serious thought to overhauling this flawed system for the longer term.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The question of the night is the choice between selling out their souls to the vapid American tourists at the Tropicana nightclub (bad) or singing for their own people on the wrong side of the tracks (good).—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
20 Mar. 2025
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Bias is a problem because AI learns from past data, and if that data has mistakes or unfair patterns, AI can repeat them, leading to wrong or unfair decisions.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Inconclusive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inconclusive. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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