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
There is evidence, albeit inconclusive, that California data centers could already be fueling higher costs and plans to incur them.
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Calmatters, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
But only last week was her death determined to be a homicide after the city medical examiner made the finding in an autopsy that was initially inconclusive.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 16 Feb. 2025
But the research is inconclusive, with rounding down also a possibility.
—Russ Wiles, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025
People swear by the health benefits of cold-water immersion—polar plunges, cold showers, and ice baths—but a new study found that the science is inconclusive.
—Maggie O'Neill, Health, 8 Feb. 2025
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Calmatters, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
But only last week was her death determined to be a homicide after the city medical examiner made the finding in an autopsy that was initially inconclusive.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 16 Feb. 2025
But the research is inconclusive, with rounding down also a possibility.
—Russ Wiles, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025
People swear by the health benefits of cold-water immersion—polar plunges, cold showers, and ice baths—but a new study found that the science is inconclusive.
—Maggie O'Neill, Health, 8 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inconclusive
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The Trump administration’s focus on the false narrative that Politico received USAID funds follows an erroneous claim by Kyle Becker, a conservative political commentator, on Wednesday.—
Liam Reilly,
CNN,
5 Feb. 2025
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If the cost looks erroneous, please email content@bayareanewsgroup.com for more information.—
Bay Area News Group,
The Mercury News,
3 Feb. 2025
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Maybe the most contentious issue ever to divide these two camps is whether or not to replace notoriously inaccurate human home plate umpires with less fallible machines.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
21 Feb. 2025
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A lot of us in the field, regardless of speciality, like to poke fun at how inaccurate things are depicted on television.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Fixes an issue where certain text hints in combat were incorrect when using a Friend's Support character Trailblazer.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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But a New York Times analysis of the $55 billion in savings claimed by DOGE found that the math is marred with accounting errors, incorrect assumptions, outdated data and other mistakes.—
Talmon Joseph Smith,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Excellence is achievable, but perfection is flawed thinking, impossible to attain.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes,
18 Feb. 2025
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Pasteur coolly replied that Pouchet’s spontaneous generation experiments were fatally flawed.—
Carl Zimmer,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2025
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This reveals Wrexham have still been creating more than the opposition, suggesting there wasn’t a lot wrong and that an upturn in individual form, as happened at Mansfield with the back three, will bring the necessary results to stay in the promotion hunt.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
The Athletic,
23 Feb. 2025
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Remains of Shiri Bibas returned, family says The latest hostage exchange is going ahead after tensions mounted over a grisly and heart-wrenching dispute triggered this week when Hamas initially handed over the wrong body for Shiri Bibas, an Israeli mother of two young boys abducted by militants.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
22 Feb. 2025
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“Inconclusive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inconclusive. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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