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indefinite

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indefinite
/in def"euh nit/, adj.
1. not definite; without fixed or specified limit; unlimited: an indefinite number.
2. not clearly defined or determined; not precise or exact: an indefinite boundary; an indefinite date in the future.
3. Gram.
4. Bot.
a. very numerous or not easily counted, as stamens.
b. (of an inflorescence) indeterminate.
[1520-30; < L indefinitus. See IN-3, DEFINITE]
Syn. 1. unspecified; indeterminate. 2. imprecise, inexact, indistinct, confusing, vague, uncertain.
Ant. 1, 2. determinate. 2. clear, specific.

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