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 National Guard will remain on hand in the prisons for an undetermined period of time, as part of the plan.
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Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2025
There is currently no information on the containment of the fire and its cause remains undetermined.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacramento Bee, 8 Mar. 2025
It was revealed at Lori’s trial that J.J. was asphyxiated while Tylee’s cause of death was undetermined due to the state of her remains.
—Nicole Acosta, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
In its statement, Silver offered apologies for stranding an undetermined number of its customers and vowed to work with them through its call center.
—David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 3 Mar. 2025
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Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2025
There is currently no information on the containment of the fire and its cause remains undetermined.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacramento Bee, 8 Mar. 2025
It was revealed at Lori’s trial that J.J. was asphyxiated while Tylee’s cause of death was undetermined due to the state of her remains.
—Nicole Acosta, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
In its statement, Silver offered apologies for stranding an undetermined number of its customers and vowed to work with them through its call center.
—David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 3 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undetermined
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When breaches do occur, the notifications are often vague or slow to arrive, leaving users unaware of the risks they have been exposed to—and unsure of how to respond effectively.—
Alex Vakulov,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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But the definition of what constitutes a country for football purposes is slightly vague: the FIFA statutes state that ‘any association which is responsible for organising and supervising football in all of its forms in its country may become a member association’.—
Nick Miller,
The Athletic,
21 Mar. 2025
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As a pending unrestricted free agent, he can be acquired as a rental ahead of the deadline and the cost shouldn’t be too prohibitive given his limited offensive output this season.—
Chris Johnston,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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While at the Caracas airport, Cabello said that all those returning would be subject to health checks and those with pending criminal charges would be placed in the hands of the courts.—
Nicole Acevedo,
NBC News,
24 Feb. 2025
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My duties typically involved being sent to the nearby New York Public Library to hunt down some faint memory scratching at Carter’s brain.—
Seth Abramovitch,
The Hollywood Reporter,
20 Mar. 2025
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Most of the files are scans of documents, and some are blurred or have become faint or difficult to read in the decades since Kennedy's assassination.—
Joel Shannon,
USA TODAY,
19 Mar. 2025
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Tornado outbreak: Deadly storms destroyed homes and businesses The unsettled weather could roll as far east as the Carolinas, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Georgia and northern Florida on Thursday, AccuWeather said.—
John Bacon,
USA TODAY,
18 Mar. 2025
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The unsettled trading came a day after the index briefly fell more than 10% below its all-time high set last month.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2025
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The United Nations said one of its workers was killed and others injured in an explosion that hit a building housing U.N. personnel, adding that the circumstances of the incident remain unclear.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2025
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The articles signaled Beijing's disapproval of the deal, though its actual impact remains unclear.—
Madison Herring,
arkansasonline.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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Another unresolved storyline in Season 1 was Gabby’s desire to be a mom.—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
21 Mar. 2025
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Venus retrograde will slip back into Pisces on March 27, bringing unresolved family issues to the surface.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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Thin lines and hazy glowing colors make the towering, randomized geometric structures look like something from a French comic book.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
16 Mar. 2025
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In the late 1970s, Saturn’s odd moon Titan, a hazy orange world, was expecting visitors — first, NASA’s Pioneer 11 probe, then the twin Voyager spacecraft.—
Elise Cutts,
Quanta Magazine,
12 Mar. 2025
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How much should be blamed on Spoelstra is debatable.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
19 Mar. 2025
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The effects of retail therapy on mood improvement are debatable.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
The Athletic,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Undetermined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undetermined. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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