Thesaurus: indefinite

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1. a. Not definite; not limited, defined, or specified; not explicit; not determined or fixed upon; not precise; uncertain; vague; confused; obscure; as, an indefinite time, plan, etc.
2. a. Having no determined or certain limits; large and unmeasured, though not infinite; unlimited; as indefinite space; the indefinite extension of a straight line.
3. a. Boundless; infinite.
4. a. Too numerous or variable to make a particular enumeration important; -- said of the parts of a flower, and the like. Also, indeterminate.
5. adj. vague or not clearly defined or stated
6. adj. not decided or not known
7. Too word/class">class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/numerous">numerous or class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/variable">variable to make a particular enumerationimportant; -- said of the parts of a flower, and the like. Also,indeterminate. Indefinite article (Gram.), the word a or an, usedwith nouns to denote any one of a common or general class.-- Indefinite inflorescence. (Bot.) See Indeterminate inflorescence,under Indeterminate.-- Indefinite proposition (Logic), a statement whose subject is acommon term, with nothing to indicate distribution ornondistribution; as, Man is mortal.-- Indefinite term (Logic), a negative term; as, the not-good.
8. j:100 a. vague or not clearly defined or stated s. not decided or not known