Word
undetermined
Phoneticsun·de·ter·mined
US/ˌəndiˈtɝmənd/
UK/ˌʌndɪtˈɜːmɪnd/
Definition
adj. not yet decided or known. You use this when a result or a fact is still waiting to be found out.
adj. not yet decided, established, or known. Often used to describe a status or result that remains in a state of uncertainty.
Examples
“The winner of the race is still undetermined.”
“The cause of the accident remains undetermined until the police finish their investigation.”
“While the initial evidence suggested a clear pattern, the final outcome of the experiment remains undetermined until the data is fully processed by the research team.”
Examples
simple
“The winner of the race is still undetermined.”
contextual
“The cause of the accident remains undetermined until the police finish their investigation.”
complex
“While the initial evidence suggested a clear pattern, the final outcome of the experiment remains undetermined until the data is fully processed by the research team.”
Real-World Examples
“At the same time, an 82-year-old pedestrian was crossing the road from the north-west corner of the intersection in an undetermined direction.” “The third death was a man of unknown age found collapsed on the street, and the fourth a person of undetermined gender and age.” Etymology
From un- + determined.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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